Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...

The abolitionist movement succeeded in large part because of women who spoke out publicly against slavery -- a role many people, including some in the movement, considered unseemly and provocative.

The text of the Thirteenth Amendment reflects its historical character as the culmination of a movement that began ... issue of the effect of the abolition of slavery on the federal system ...

Abolitionists put forward a wide range of approaches to end slavery, from moral persuasion to boycotts to the endorsement of violent rebellion. Read profiles of three of the movement's prominent ...

One method of the abolitionist movement was to challenge the legality ... involved in several cases against the legality of slavery. There were two notable law cases that successfully championed ...

One of the women involved in the boycotts was Hannah Moore, a passionate anti-slavery campaigner from Bristol who encouraged other women to join the abolitionist movement. This led to a dramatic ...

The call included representatives of around 20 of the movement’s 30-plus state-level campaigns. In 14, abolitionists are considering moving forward with slavery amendments, including in ...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp, who fought for equality, left marks on Harrisburg that are still visible today.

Garnet, who was active in the suffrage movement. Garnet became an ... A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of ...