In this interview, Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, ...

Surely, freedom means the overthrow of rules? Why leave one bondage merely to enter another, even if only a symbolic one?

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

Yet, through the power of this hallowed legacy, we are able, even now, to distinguish between slavery and freedom ... Kook by Rabbi Pesach Yaffe from the book, “Celebration of the Soul.”] ...

Recent federal court rulings in Arkansas and Iowa have blocked similar book restrictions, potentially setting precedent for ...

A special event celebrating the 197th Freedom Anniversary of Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima and his wife, Isabella, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Historic Jefferson College at 16 ...

When the National Park Service rewrote the Underground Railroad's story, it pulled Cincinnati's Freedom Center into Trump's war over history.

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

Books & Manuscripts appraiser ... I have little doubt but Samuel Thomas sold him as a Slave, but that will have no effect on his right to immediate freedom; should I be obliged to petition for ...

In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

Schanke's love of history, coupled with her literary background, has come together to produce "Freedom At Dawn: Robert Smalls's Voyage Out of Slavery." The book will be available wherever books ...

For the rest of his life, John Lewis bore a scar on his forehead from the police beating he endured during the 1965 civil ...