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1 day ago · Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies.
2 days ago · A Free Black Woman Writes to Imprisoned John Brown. In October 1859, a militant white abolitionist named John Brown led a small band of black and white anti-slavery fighters in a bold assault on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.
5 days ago · John Jay. Historians recognize John Jay, the country’s first chief justice, as a statesman who promoted the abolition of slavery while serving as governor of New York State. But not only did...
4 days ago · Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system, and the dynamics of emancipation in the U.S. as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions.
22 hours ago · The civil rights movement [b] was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
5 days ago · 227 Duffield Street on Abolitionist Place in Brooklyn is finally landmarked, marking nearly two decades of activism to save the Underground Railroad home.
5 days ago · If, as Jordan has it, “the issue of the Palestinian people is the issue of the value of human life,” Jordan teaches us to move towards life. Featured image: A Man Crying amid the Rubble of His ...
