On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

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 ...

During a life that spanned more than 75 years, American social reformer, orator, statesman and abolitionist Frederick Douglass was known for his passion, his faith and his drive to abolish slavery ...

Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Between February and April, the Library of Congress and Kansas State Department of Education are being the Library’s learning program “Teaching with Primary Sources ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Montclair Public Library invites the public to a free screening of the three-part NJ PBS documentary series “The Price of ...

At Fort Campbell, books are being taken off school library shelves containing references to slavery; the Civil Rights ...

When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...

10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global estimates, bringing the total to 50 million worldwide. Women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable.

President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow to organizations fighting human trafficking and forced ...