Frederick Douglass was an Eastern Shore native, abolitionist leader, social reformer, and one of the most important leaders of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century.
The Underground Railroad was known for helping many enslaved people escape to freedom. It consisted of a network of people ...
A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...