It exposed the evils of slavery, but it also gave people hope and inspiration. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the second-best-selling book of the century after the Bible, and together, those two books ...

A grand structure that was once called "one of the most commodious and splendid buildings in the city," Pennsylvania Hall was constructed to provide a forum for discussing "the evils of slavery ...

Some sources believe the actual figures are 10 times as large. Richard Re, A Persisting Evil: The Global Problem of Slavery, Harvard International Review, 2002 There are more slaves than ever ...

Born into slavery some time around 1817, Douglass escaped bondage in 1838 and became one of the most eloquent voices of the abolition movement. He spoke forcefully against the evils of slavery ...

Christian emancipators (people who wanted enslaved people to be set free) feared the anger of God over the sin of slavery. They saw slavery as unjust and evil and campaigned to have it abolished.

Republican Senator Tom Cotton said US founders viewed slavery as a "necessary evil upon which the union was built". His comments were criticised as an attempt justify the slavery of black people.