An unsung hero, Ruggles helped shape the abolition movement, aided hundreds of enslaved people seeking freedom, and opened ...

U.S. Marshal Asa O. Butman arrived on a Saturday night in 1854 and left, according to abolitionist newspaper the Worcester Daily Spy, “abject, debased, degraded, and trembling," the following Monday ...

Since Roe was overturned, The Times has covered multiple dimensions of this historic moment. Most women see the decision as a step backward for the country. There has been a run on abortion pills ...

From Harriet Tubman's home in Auburn to the Freedom Crossing Monument in Lewiston, these sites preserve the region's crucial ...

With the dismantling of slavery exhibits at the President’s House Site last month, organizers say highlighting Philly’s African American history and future is more urgent.

At a time when anti-literacy laws prevented the vast majority of enslaved people from reading, a group of free Black New ...

Just last year, the city planned to raze some Duffield Street houses that may have been part of the underground railroad. Now, a piece of that street is co-named “Abolitionist Place,” and “a ...

FITCHBURG — One local artist is giving back to the greater community in a profound way through a vivid and powerful mural creation at Abolitionist Park. The work of Digi Chivetta is prominently on ...

A: Black and white abolitionists often had different agendas by the 1840s, and certainly in the 1850s. But one of the greatest frustrations that many black abolitionists faced was the racism they ...