Civil War-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens was a fierce abolitionist and advocate for racial equality. His life and legacy ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Historians, veterans, and Rockford residents gathered at Veterans Memorial Hall to learn more about the history of local abolitionists at a “Civil War Roundtable.” The event ...

MARIETTA — A 19th century abolitionist will be the topic of a presentation meeting of the Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 320 Second St. “Cassius ...

Elliot Norton Award-winner Malcolm Ingram will portray Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier in THE ABOLITIONIST'S REFRAIN, a ...

CAPE MAY, New Jersey − The former Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church yielded a few finds when contractors began renovating it to become East Lynne Theater Company's new home: some old bottles, ...

LAWNSIDE — Aside from some historians and Civil War buffs, Alexander Newton's life and accomplishments aren't widely known, but that might change after the National Park Service added Newton's grave ...

NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE (124 pp.) — Frederick Douglass—Dolphin (95¢) Though he was the greatest American Negro of the last century, Frederick Douglass was all ...

In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had ...

At the cusp of the Civil War in 1860, Porter County had only 10,313 residents but participated in a large way, sending 1,200 ...