Let’s unpack prison abolition and how the U.S. came to incarcerate 2 million people. The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world, and people across the political ...

From the Quaker principles of its early settlers to the Free African Society and the fiery activism of John Brown, the movement to abolish slavery took root in Pennsylvania. Amidst heated debates and ...

HISTORY. PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS WERE SAFE PLACES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. PEOPLE DIDN’T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU WERE. YOU COULD GET A JOB ON A WHALING SHIP. THE WHALING CITY ...

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 ...

Maine is often regarded as having played a major role in the abolitionist movement, in no small part due to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s connection to the state. The truth, however, is more nuanced, as ...

The abolitionist movement did not begin with benevolence. It began with Black Christian witness — with faith refined by bondage and courage sharpened by exclusion.