BROOKLYN, N.Y. — With Juneteenth, June 19, around the corner, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the creation of “More Than a Brook: Brooklyn Abolitionist Heritage Walk,” an interactive audio ...
Christle Rawlins-Jackson, president of Beacon Hill Scholars, and Peter Snoad, project coordinator of Beacon Hill Scholars, walking along the Abolition Acre trail on Oct. 21, 2025. Boston’s Old State ...
College of Staten Island professor and archivist Dr. James Kaser wrote the study of the Island’s Elliottville.
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated History Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first ...
In his new book, The Conductor, Caleb Franz tells the story of Reverend John Rankin, a pioneering Ohio abolitionist who helped about 2,000 people flee from slavery. When Reverend John Rankin moved to ...
Abolitionist Place park, a public park that commemorates Brooklyn’s abolitionist history, is finally open to the public after at least 20 years of planning, multiple controversies, several iterations, ...
Walking through the doors of the Cozad-Bates House, visitors embark on a journey into the past, a step closer to understanding the struggles that paved the way for freedom and equality. Constructed in ...
The “Burned-Over District” refers to the western and central regions of New York State in the early 19 th century. It was called that because religious revivals and the formation of new religious ...
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