Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Manisha ...

A new walking tour by nonprofit Friends of Abolitionist Place educates people on Downtown Brooklyn's Black history.

It was legal in many northern states until the early 19th century. Even during the antebellum ... that most northerners were hostile to the abolitionist movement. The attached document illustrates ...

The abolition of slave owning in 1807 and slave ... Portuguese missionaries in Angola and Mozambique in the late 19th century and 20th century were renowned and feared for their willingness ...

The continuation of slavery within Africa in the 19th century after abolition is also poorly documented. Historical documents containing statistics are not always very reliable. For example ...

This groundbreaking study tells the story of the highly organised, international legal court case for the abolition of slavery spearheaded by Prince Lourenço da Silva Mendonça in the seventeenth ...

click image for close-up Few likenesses exist of Anthony Benezet, the 19th century teacher and abolitionist. A humble man who considered himself homely, he once declined a request to sit for a ...

and became a leader of the Welsh-speaking abolitionist movement A Welshman has been recognised for his work trying to abolish slavery in the USA in the 19th Century. Reverend Robert Everett ...