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

The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozens of its newspapers, prompting some to publish shorter editions or not print at all. By Amanda Holpuch ...

A new documentary called, “Underground: Freedom Stories Along the Borderlands,” looks at the growth of abolitionism in ...

Athens native Michael Thurmond shares the anti-slavery feelings of Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.

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 ...

abolitionist Alexander Crummell. His mother escaped to a nearby grocery. His sister was captured, though later freed. Upon hearing the news, Garnet grabbed a large knife and roamed Broadway ...

Namibia's first president Sam Nujoma, who died Saturday aged 95, was revered for leading his country to independence from ...

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Domestic Abuse Family Shelter was one of more than a dozen organizations from across the country nominated for the Liberator Awards. All of these nominees have made ...

The joint forces arrested 509 people across the country on the sixth day of Operation Devil Hunt, according to the police headquarters Saudi Arabia will host the leaders of four Arab countries at ...

The face of the larger-than-life, white-bearded liberator appears on several Namibian ... Two weeks earlier, in an interview with state-owned New Era newspaper, he criticised as insufficient ...

Is this a constitutional crisis? What place do stories of romance and marriage have in the pages of a newspaper? Join this conversation with the Vows writer Rosalie R. Radomsky by Feb. 14 to find out.