Matthew McConaughey gives perhaps his most impressive and powerful performance in this overlooked period drama, Amistad.

click image for close-up Published in the December 15, 1860, issue of Harper's Weekly, this image appeared with the caption, "Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple ...

The rift between the two men grew deeper as Douglass questioned Garrison’s philosophies -- particularly his commitment to nonviolence and his insistence that abolitionists ignore politics.

Rather than providing clarity and helping allies work toward shared goals, buzzwords such as “abolitionism” tend to promote holier-than-thou bickering.

The stories of abolitionists such as Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley will be included, as well as looking at what happened to newly-emancipated Caribbean slaves, forced to live as apprentices ...

“The sad thing is the people I fear getting shot by, most of the time, aren’t crazy Leftists (most of them don’t have guns or how to use them, lol)…but ‘abolitionists,’” she posted.

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this year.

Black abolitionists played a crucial role in shaping the concept of citizenship, advocating for birthright citizenship decades before the 14th Amendment. Black conventions throughout the 19th ...

The abolitionists used many ways to convince people that the slave trade should be abolished. As the ideas of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade grew in popularity, a network of ...

The abolitionists used many ways to convince people that the slave trade should be abolished. A network of local abolition groups was established across Britain. These groups campaigned through ...