The Great Abolitionist” by Stephen Puleo is a richly sourced, informative and eminently readable biography of 19th century ...

Recently, a Texas lawmaker introduced legislation to replace Ben Franklin’s name and likeness on the $100 with President ...

The National Park Service edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on ...

A Washington Post review of websites operated by the National Park Service found that edits on dozens of pages since ...

New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...

A prolific writer and speaker, Howe championed various social causes, including women's suffrage and world peace.

Here comes our second Spring books round-up series, where we present a wide range of titles; a historical reinvigoration from a well-known eighth season "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner, as well as a super ...

Before Salmon P. Chase was Secretary of the Treasury and Supreme Court chief justice, he was a Cincinnati attorney defending fugitive slave cases.

Douglass made history as the first black member of the congressional press galleries in 1871 as he reported for primarily ...

Friday marks the 233rd anniversary of the birth of Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster’s Civil War-era abolitionist congressman.

The interior of a structure that will house a downtown Lancaster museum celebrating the legacies of an abolitionist ...

Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is ...