Prince William and Kate Middleton’s tour of the Caribbean has been fraught with controversy from the beginning. It certainly wasn’t the visit they were expecting, but the Duke of Cambridge finally ...

FALL RIVER — The Heritage State Park Visitors Center will mark America’s birthday month with a public reading of perhaps the country's most scathing critique: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JerriAnne Boggis, executive director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, explains the importance of Frederick Douglass' ...

Today the immorality of chattel slavery is painfully obvious, but that has not always been the case. In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a black man like Dred Scott was “reduced to slavery for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AMSTERDAM (AP) — King Willem-Alexander of ...

Readers huddled on the Boston Common Tuesday for the 15th year in a row to recite Frederick Douglass’ “What to the American slave is your Fourth of July?”, a tradition that asks onlookers to consider ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — State Rep. Thomas Beach is facing controversy over his anti-abortion speech during the South Carolina House's debate on a six-week abortion ban bill. The Republican lawmaker ...

AMSTERDAM — King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands apologized Saturday for his country's role in slavery and asked for forgiveness during a historic speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event ...