Dixon line, he had achieved his escape from enslavement. But the first years of his freedom were marked by fear, isolation ...

WEST CHESTER–Mayor Lillian DeBaptiste revived the spirit of Frederick Douglass, where he gave his final speech at West Chester University, with a spirited presentation of her own, on October 2.

Fairhaven filmmaker Alyssa Botelho is debuting her short film "Sweet Freedom." The movie is about Mary "Polly" Johnson, a confectioner who also sheltered people escaping slavery. A new short film is ...

In his day, Frederick Douglass was known as one of the world’s most powerful orators, a piercing voice of conscience in the slave debate. On April 8, 1870, five years after the Civil War settled that ...