Kathy Wheat, a visitor from Colorado, was strolling through the Fulton Ferry Landing in Dumbo Brooklyn when she stumbled upon ...

With Juneteenth around the corner, New York City releases a self-guided interactive tour, “More Than a Brook: Brooklyn ...

He named our country the “United States of America.” The failed corset maker sailed to the nation he would name at nearly 40 ...

Two weeks later, the man returned with a nearly 20,000-word text of his own, bearing a blunt title: “The United States ...

Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot ...

According to attorneys, “Pomper is suspected of attempting to set up an extra-procedural grievance system outside of the ...

Charles Sumner was an outspoken abolitionist, American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate. On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks, a ...

The Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza commemorates the abolitionist's famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech, which she gave in Akron ...

Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza, featuring a life-sized statue of Black abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth ...

New York City is full of abolitionist and underground railroad sites, and now there is one more to add to the list. Supporters of the 19th-century movement to end slavery are honored at ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Abolitionist Place Park is Downtown Brooklyn’s newest community jewel. It officially opened to the public on Wednesday. After years of anticipation, Abolitionist Place ...