The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

Documentary series exploring the abolition of Slavery in the British Dominions in 1833. In Episode 1 of this two-part documentary series, Luke Tomes explores the rebirth of an abolition movement ...

Henry “Box” Brown’s idea to ship his way to freedom might have been the most successful disappearing act of all time.

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An amendment recently filed ahead of the Arkansas legislative session seeks to fully abolish slavery in the Natural State. HJR1002 was officially filed on Nov. 20 ...

In a speech lasting two hours (the speech took place on Dec. 3 but was telegraphed from India only last week), the Maharaja said that the Government would assist in the suppression of slavery by ...

Author Scott Spillman joins Morning Joe to discuss his book 'Making Sense of Slavery: America’s Long Reckoning, from the ...

We were all taught in school that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. to celebrate American independence ...

Penn is said to have held at least 12 slaves who built the structures on his estate. The late 1700s and early 1800s saw a worldwide movement to abolish slavery gather momentum, and in 1780 ...