Farmington, N.H., native Henry Wilson was elected to public office for the first time in 1840 when he won his bid to represent his adopted hometown of Natick, Mass. in the state’s House of ...

To honor the three-year Commemoration of the Abolition of Enslavement in New York State by the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York, NAHOF has selected four prominent NYS abolitionists for this ...

Morning Natick! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️ In today's newsletter: Also on today's calendar: Royal ...

BOSTON — Step into the sanctuary of the African Meeting House and you will walk on the same ancient floorboards where Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison and other prominent abolitionists ...

With an African dance troupe re-creating scenes from inside an ancient slave port, the United Nations launched a yearlong commemoration of the anti-slavery movement Saturday and noted that many of the ...

Learn the history of the Fugitive Slave Act, the law that would change what slavery looked like and how the bill empowered an anti-slavery movement in Wisconsin. Wisconsin's Underground Railroad is ...

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester ...

The Underground Railroad is one of the most enduring and popular threads in the fabric of America’s national historical ...

GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in ...

THERE have been celebrations held around the world this past week to mark the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of ...

George and Jane Chester’s oyster cellar in Harrisburg was more than a restaurant. Sure, it was a tradition to dine at the Market Street eatery on holidays. And the Chesters provided catering at the ...