Charleston, South Carolina became the ignition point for the U.S. Civil War when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter, ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

Thomas Jefferson listened in anguish as the other members of the Continental Congress edited his draft of the Declaration of ...

Maine is often regarded as having played a major role in the abolitionist movement, in no small part due to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s connection to the state. The truth, however, is more nuanced, as ...

So why is abortion abolitionism still on the rise, even when larger anti-abortion groups seem committed to stopping it? The answer has everything to do with the campaign for fetal personhood ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright citizenship," the roots of which go back to the 19th century.

A new book celebrates the life of one of Ohio's earliest and most active conductors along the Underground Railroad: Reverend John Rankin.

The History of Abolitionism Shows How One Person Can Help Spark a Movement 8 minute read A Cincinnati, Ohio, home that functioned as a stop on the Underground Railroad; the photo was taken ca. 1905.

Rankin's 'Letters on American Slavery' set out a moral argument for abolition that resonated across the nation.

Smith delivered her third book talk with the Brookline Booksmith, discussing her book "The Fraud" and its key themes of freedom and abolition.