There is no telling what you will find searching through old Carroll County records. Recently the name Bernard M. Campbell popped up in books dating to the 1850s and early 1860s. Following Campbell’s ...

More than two centuries ago, an enslaved man named Gabriel was making final preparations to lead a revolt in Richmond that he hoped would spur the end of slavery. He was smart, he was armed and he was ...

ST. LOUIS — Many families can access centuries of history over hours, days, weeks and months, but two women have spent nearly 50 years trying to scratch the surface of just one century. Brenda ...

Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the ...

It was about 25 years ago that I was shocked to learn that slave traders in the 1800s — including one of the era’s biggest — had run a thriving human trafficking business around Baltimore’s lovely ...

For decades in the 19th century, thousands of escaped slaves sought freedom using the so-called Underground Railroad, trying to reach northern states and Canada. In Natick, Edward Walcott was a well ...

Sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke emerged as prominent figures in the abolition movement. Sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke, born in South Carolina, emerged as prominent figures in the abolition ...

The men and women who transformed the abolition of slavery from a fringe movement into a mass popular enthusiasm were some of the most interesting and heroic culture-changers in our history. Without ...

Harvard University reached a settlement Wednesday with the descendants of enslaved people who had their photos taken by a university professor back in the 1800s. Tamara Lanier, the great-great-great ...