The National Parks Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the ...

A resource on the official parsonage website, titled Black History, states: “The fact that Heathcliff is found in Liverpool, ...

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

Here comes the second part of our Spring books round-up series, where we present a wide range of titles; a historical reinvigoration from a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner, as well as a super-charged, ...

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

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

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

Several rooms located in the House press gallery at the U.S. Capitol could be renamed to honor abolitionist Frederick Douglass under an amendment by Utah Rep. Burgess Owens and other Republicans.

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

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 ...