Discussions of racial problems almost invariably bring out the cliché of “a legacy of slavery.” But anyone who is being serious, as distinguished from being political, would surely want to ...

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 ...

Born under the shackles of slavery, Harriet Tubman refused to accept a life where she wasn't free. Even after escaping, she ...

LOS ANGELES - California's Proposition 6, an amendment supporters say would "end slavery" for inmates, is currently getting more NO votes than YES as officials continue tallying the ballots.

Abolitionists put forward a wide range of approaches to end slavery, from moral persuasion to boycotts to the endorsement of violent rebellion. Read profiles of three of the movement's prominent ...

Slavery, like vengeance, is a vicious circle that has no natural end. Why not, then, give it a supernatural end? Why did God not say: ‘There shall be no more slavery’? So slavery is to be ...

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

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.

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 ...

Slavery increases total human unhappiness The slave-owner treats the slaves as the means to achieve the slave-owner's ends, not as an end in themselves Slavery exploits and degrades human beings ...

Slavery, like vengeance, is a vicious circle that has no natural end. Why not, then, give it a supernatural end? Why did God not say: ‘There shall be no more slavery’? The Torah has already ...