American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Passover, the week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the exodus of Israelite slaves from Egypt, begin on the evening of March 30. Also known as Pesach, Passover will coincide with the Christian ...

“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all other forms.” —Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 4 It has been over 3,000 years since ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

While most of New Orleans sits down to a dinner of red beans and rice, our seders will be beginning for us — porch doors flung open to let in Elijah (and the season’s first mosquitoes), bottles of ...

Christian interpreters of the Bible usually see themselves as God’s chosen people. We relate to people like Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Rachel. When reading a book like Exodus, ...

In the American South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images When Napoleon embarked upon a military expedition into Egypt in 1798, ...