Sharecropping became popular after the Civil War’s end in 1865 when landowners no longer had slaves and there were millions of freed slaves looking for work. In many cases, former masters turned to ...

Historians discuss labor relations between former slaves and former masters after the Civil War. Ed Ayers: Perhaps the most fundamental thing that had to be decided the day that slavery ended was what ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. If ...

It’s official: Guest blogging as a marketing tool is finished. Finito. Gone. At least that’s what Matt Cutts says in his latest blog post. Once a great way to get links, guest blogging has, Cutts ...