Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The following is an edited excerpt from the book “No More ...

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 ...

We are living in revolutionary times. The ground is shifting beneath us every day. We are seeing a radical shift in our collective consciousness about ideas pertaining to abolition and defunding the ...

Design by Sarah Chung. Buy this photo. Abolition is also not focused on the punishment of individual police officers and law-enforcement officials, as these calls for indictments and arrests not only ...

Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, igniting a ...

Wilson MacaulayThe recent proposal advocating for the abolition of the Nigerian Law School, as canvassed by respected legal scholar and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Uchefula Chukwumaeze, has ...

“Defund the police” has become a rallying cry for recent protests, but several different explanations have been offered for what it actually means. The semantic dispute reveals key philosophical ...

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 ...