A brutal institution that in America acquired the force of law, slavery endured for more than two centuries and was only finally abolished by means of a terrible civil war that took more than 600,000 American lives. ..…

The 25,000 square-foot American Civil War Museum, housed in Tredegar Ironworks building was formed through merger with older, and old line, Richmond, the Museum of Confederacy. ... Like in the best museums around the country, it's easy to see how the stories of the past that..…