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

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

The legacies of Black women continue to be celebrated in named and traditional memorials, by generations of memorializers and ...

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The two-day midwinter book sale at Fairfield's Pequot Library will feature performances from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame blues ...

Hey Julia, would it be possible for me to borrow your keys to the Reynolds Hall practice rooms?” my old duet partner from ...

In an interview, the American academic explains how a certain individualist vision of freedom, understood as the ability to ...

The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) elected six new members, and presented annual community awards and certificates of appreciation ...

Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the ...

The connection between Peterboro and Chenango County will be discussed Saturday, Feb. 8 as part of Black History Month celebrations.

John Ganson died in 1874 and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. His obituary stated that “He was a War Democrat, ...

The Senate had passed the Amendment on April 8, 1864. Ganson, who was born in Le Roy, represented the 30th Congressional ...