The American conflict over slavery reached a turning point in the early 1840s when three leading abolitionists presented provocative speeches that, for the firs

The American conflict over slavery reached a turning point in the early 1840s when three leading abolitionists presented provocative speeches that, for the firs

"Compilation of writings by American Abolitionists from 1688-1865"--

From its origins in the 1750s, the white-led American abolitionist movement adhered to principles of "moral suasion" and nonviolent resistance as both religious

During his brief yet remarkable career, abolitionist Charles Torrey -- called the "father of the Underground Railroad" by his peers -- assisted almost four hund