Other anti-slavery newspapers in the U.S. published it, and Finkenbine says he has found instances of Anderson's letter appearing as far away as Switzerland, where it was translated into French.

Two previously unknown letters by British politician and Christian abolitionist William Wilberforce have been unearthed in ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The photograph, scratched and undated, is captioned ‘Brother Jordan Anderson.’ He is a middle-aged black man with a long beard and a righteous stare, as if he were… ...

NEW YORK—The photograph, scratched and undated, is captioned “Brother Jordan Anderson.” He is a middle-aged black man with a long beard and a righteous stare, as if he were a prea… ...

In a 2006 speech at a conference on slavery reparations, historian Raymond Winbush retold the story of Anderson’s letter. He also revealed that he had tracked down some of Patrick Henry Anderson ...

Hawkins Wilson writes a letter to the chief of the Freedman's bureau in search of his family after they were separately during slavery, May 11, 1867. National Archive ...

During the slave era of the United States most slaves were illiterate, but some secretly learned how to read and write. Some of these letters have survived and chronicle the daily life of slavery ...

Other anti-slavery newspapers in the U.S. published it, and Finkenbine says he has found instances of Anderson's letter appearing as far away as Switzerland, where it was translated into French.

The Boston Public Library has a collection of letters that were sent to and from anti-slavery activists in the 19th century. The only problem: They’re handwritten, which makes them hard to read ...

Letters: Silence about the history of slavery in this country feeds ignorance ... While it is true that Washington did free his slaves, Hafera fails to mention that he did so in his will, which, ...

Re “Dim view of orca bill in San Diego,” March 9 Breeding, capturing, selling or imprisoning orcas should be banned. Most of all, forcing them to perform should be illegal. These magnificent ...