A new documentary called, “Underground: Freedom Stories Along the Borderlands,” looks at the growth of abolitionism in ...

Leader’s yearlong examination of notable people, institutions and key moments in Lexington’s history focuses on an early ...

but agreed with him that abolitionist activists were "unfashionable" and "reckless." In 1833, Stowe's opinions began to change when she travelled to Kentucky and saw slavery up close for the first ...

On Monday, the governor highlighted Black History Month by visiting the "Black Trailblazers Experience" in Simpsonville, Kentucky.

click image for close-up Published in the December 15, 1860, issue of Harper's Weekly, this image appeared with the caption, "Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple ...

Breckinridge was a Kentucky statesman and politician ... While many in his family were abolitionists, he favored slavery and publicly opposed any infringement on the right to own slaves.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a screening of a film created by three Northern Kentucky ...