Historians gather on 190th anniversary of founding of NY State Anti-Slavery Society to dub Utica the birthplace of American abolition movement, Underground Railroad. Hope Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in ...
A Cincinnati, Ohio, home that functioned as a stop on the Underground Railroad; the photo was taken ca. 1905. Division, crisis, and political violence are hardly new in the history of the United ...
“The abolitionists were the first to teach us that freedom must be shared, that justice must be collective, and that allyship is not performance but participation.” — Dr. Reiland Rabaka Episode 23 of ...
In his new book, The Conductor, Caleb Franz tells the story of Reverend John Rankin, a pioneering Ohio abolitionist who helped about 2,000 people flee from slavery. When Reverend John Rankin moved to ...
Historian Jennifer Cromack points out the word "Slavery" on a recently found, 178-year-old anti-slavery scroll at Grotonwood, the home mission of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, ...
Steve Cushion, author of Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World, spoke to Pat Meusel about his ...
According to the tasks they performed, there were Underground Railroad “agents,” “conductors” and “station masters” who hid “passengers” at safe houses through their journeys to freedom. Geography was ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A recently-published history of a small slice of Staten Island offers a glimpse at local changes and some of the borough’s place in the nation’s history. College of Staten Island ...
The movement’s lawyers want detailed language delineating what constitutes involuntary servitude so courts can be compelled to defend prisoners’ rights against forced labor. At the same time, ...
Two carte-de-visite photo albums belonging to 19th-century abolitionist Harriet Hayden will be unveiled at the Boston Athenaeum Wednesday as part of its exhibition “Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden ...
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Why France abstained from UN vote on African slavery reparations—and why it matters globally
In a landmark non-binding vote, 123 nations back Ghana-led UN resolution urging apologies, artifact returns, and compensation ...
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