The city is recognized as one of the five key U.S. cities central to the abolition movement, alongside Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and Cleveland. Many buildings in Rochester, which once housed ...

Still, the abolitionist movement to end slavery began several decades earlier in eastern Pennsylvania, with abolitionist beliefs present in Susquehanna County dating back to the 1830’s.

Enniskillen-born Trevor Birney is among those celebrating tonight after Kneecap director and co-writer Rich Peppiatt won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer.

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Stephen Puleo, The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union, St. Martin’s Press, 2024. Charles Sumner (1811-1874), like most Radical Republicans and ...