Explore the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, a leader in abolition whose words and actions shaped the fight for justice ...

Rockford historians and veterans gather to learn about local abolitionists at the Civil War Roundtable. Learn about the ...

An outspoken supporter of the rights of African Americans is being remembered for his courage on a new Civil War Trails sign ...

A lecture on Thomas Wentworth Higginson will take place May 19 at 6 p.m. at the Washington County Free Library, 100 S.

There are no “good wars,” rather, there are wars with varying degrees of destructiveness. The American War Between the States ...

Historians, veterans, and Rockford residents gathered at Veterans Memorial Hall to learn about the history of local abolitionists and the challenges faced by abolitionists during the Civil War.

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America.

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape bondage. Some fugitives took to the sea.

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

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...