For all that however, the slave trade had to be brought to an end because it was standing in the way of the development of something even more profitable, if not any less abhorrent than the slave ...

A historic church at the heart of Britain’s slavery abolition movement is facing a financial crisis after the Government launched an unexpected tax raid.

Members of the public gathered at the Greenwich Historical Society to transcribe the writings of abolitionist Frederick ...

Harriet Ann Jacobs was born into slavery but refused to let the institution define her. Ferociously independent, Jacobs stood ...

Research has revealed that the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC), once the largest British shipping company during the ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his ...

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations ...

When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...

When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed suit and immediately started using prisons like Folsom and San Quentin to ...

“The ‘Free as One’ exhibit is proof of how and what really occurred,” says Justina Barrett from HSP’s Chief Learning and ...

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.