A few House of Representatives members in Michigan are looking to completely end slavery or involuntary servitude in Michigan.  Four House of Representatives members introduced Michigan House Joint ...

Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or ...

Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

When the Civil War began, Douglass hoped the goal of the war would be to end slavery. But as late as August of 1862, Lincoln announced his primary goal was to save the Union "and is not either ...

Former enslaved Africans, such as Olaudah Equiano also fought for an end to slavery. Equiano was a prominent member of the 'Sons of Africa', a group of 12 black men who campaigned for abolition.

“We’re going to end slavery!” they cried. “Onto New Orleans! Freedom or death!” Scott recruited re-enactors via word-of-mouth and by holding town halls at local universities, including ...

Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of slavery and abolition in the Americas today. Along with essays and books on everything from the ...

Third, it kept the slave states in the Union, which gave free states power that they could—and later would—use to end slavery. If the Framers had tried to abolish slavery in the Constitution ...