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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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Consolidate your understanding of Britain’s transatlantic slave trade and the events leading to its abolition with this concise timeline. It also contains birth and death dates of the key ...

“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.

Delve into the lives of six key abolitionists who are memorialised in Westminster Abbey, finding out how they worked collaboratively to achieve abolition. The core of this lesson is a comprehensive ...

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 often-forgotten contributions of Black Georgian and Victorian people will be told in an exhibition about the fight to end transatlantic slavery and its aftermath. It will explore "how African ...