Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This map of a complex river system honors the scores of men who contributed over many years to the abolitionist movement and documents the relationships among them. It appears in first edition of ...

In recent months there has been renewed public interest in the truth about the global history of slavery. For example, the conservative commentator Matt Walsh produced a well-received series titled ...

Gina Dent is an associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies, editor of , and has been a prison abolition activist for more than 25 years. (Photo credit: Amira ...

Some Americans had opposed slavery since colonial times. In 1777, Vermont was the first U.S. territory to ban slavery, and the state of Pennsylvania followed suit in 1780. By 1804, Northern states had ...

Charles Osborn, whom William Lloyd Garrison called “the father of all U.S. abolitionists,” has a new marker on his grave at Quakerdom Cemetery in Jackson Township. He now has his old gravestone, too, ...

FITCHBURG — One local artist is giving back to the greater community in a profound way through a vivid and powerful mural creation at Abolitionist Park. The work of Digi Chivetta is prominently on ...

BEDFORD, NEW BEDFORD IS A CITY RICH IN HISTORY. PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS WERE SAFE PLACES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. PEOPLE DIDN’T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU WERE. YOU COULD GET A JOB ...