The Talbot Historical Society in partnership with the Talbot County Free Library will present a free lecture next month on ...

Founders & Guardians is a series The Meadville Tribune is publishing as America gets ready to celebate the 250th anniversary ...

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born in Talbot County, Maryland, in the late winter of 1818. Born into slavery, Frederick never knew his father. He had little contact with his ...

Members of Chicago’s first Black church rose to help enslaved people achieve their freedom because they knew theirs hung in the balance.

The abolitionist movement reshaped history—and this quick breakdown shows how. From its roots in moral and humanitarian activism to landmark victories like the end of the transatlantic slave trade and ...