Frederick Douglass

How African Americans came to Indian Territory after the Civil War.

An activist, writer, doctor and intellectual, James McCune Smith, born enslaved, directed his talents to the eradication of slavery.

We often think of the temperance movement as driven by white evangelicals set out to discipline Black Americans and immigrants. That history is wrong.

June, PTSD Awareness month, is a time to recognize how trauma has shaped our history.

Keep in mind what it meant to the people who created it.

How allies abroad help the fight against racism at home.

Contrary to the image of the kneeling slave, Black abolitionists did not wait passively for the "Day of Jubilee." They led the charge.

Lessons from Frederick Douglass on the tortured relationship between protest and change.

The overthrow of slavery in the US was a battle waged and won in the field of democratic mass politics; a battle that holds enormous lessons for radicals today.

Critics of the New York Times’s 1619 Project obscure a longstanding debate among historians over whether the American Revolution was a proslavery revolt.

Andrew Delbanco's new book positions the debate over fugitive slaves as a central factor in the nation's slide toward disunion.

It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.

From the Framers on, Americans have understood our fundamental law to oppose ownership of persons.

A review of a book by Sean Wilentz's "No Property in Man," which argues that the document is full of anti-slavery language.

One hundred years later, it’s time to challenge a long-held bias.

Although he was denied his House seat, Menard continued his activism with the goal of uniting people across the Western Hemisphere.

Although she’s often overshadowed by her husband, Anna made his work possible.

What are Latin American ideas about race, and how have they been formed in relation to the U.S. and vice versa?

Civil War historian David Blight reflects on America’s Disunion – then and now.

Frederick Douglas had another, lesser known, impact on Baltimore.