Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For generations, Americans learned the same basic story about the end of the Civil ...

The National Park Service on Sunday removed abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s photo and quote from its webpage on the Underground Railroad, igniting criticism that the move was yet another attempt by the ...

Strides is pleased to announce that the Hon''ble National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai Bench has pronounced Order on November 14, 2024 (which was uploaded on NCLT website on November 19, 2024) ...

Matthews’ principles were strongly anti-slavery. He became editor of the abolitionist newspaper, the Cincinnati Herald, following in the footsteps of its former editor, noted abolitionist ...

But one item went a little farther back: a snippet of a receipt that may have been hand-written and signed by a prominent Civil War veteran, abolitionist, Underground Railroad facilitator and pastor.

He also owned two slaves, and his newspaper ran notices on the sale or purchase of slaves. In his later years, he became an abolitionist and considered slavery against the principles of the ...

Ellen Smith Craft famously escaped by disguising herself as a white gentleman traveling with her husband William, captivating abolitionist ... in Boston’s Liberator newspaper.

De Jarnette was killed on April 8, 1944, while serving as the pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 732nd Bombardment Squadron. His aircraft was shot down during a bombing mission over ...