You could say that John Newton was born again . . . at least several times during his life. In his youth he ridiculed Christianity, only to later become a minister. Born a free man, he was ...

John Brown was an abolitionist who spent time in Kansas prior to the Civil War and was involved in a skirmish against a pro-slavery militia in 1856 at Black Jack Battlefield. With his full gray ...

One of the main speakers at abolitionist meetings was John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became an abolitionist. He visited slave trading ports where he boarded slave ships. He collected ...

After nearly 20 years of planning, meetings and delays, downtown Brooklyn has a new park commemorating the important role ...

Abolitionist Place park, a public park that commemorates Brooklyn’s abolitionist history, is finally open to the public after ...

The author of the sermon that inspired that hymn, Mitchener explains, was John Newton whose Royal Navy ... years of his life he became an active abolitionist. He lived long enough to see the ...

His congregation, for the most part, had tolerated his abolitionist views, but presiding over the funeral of a murderer was too much.

Most abolitionists were lukewarm, at best, on the notion of racial equality. John Brown in this regard was, I think, remarkable." Despite his contributions to the antislavery cause, Brown did ...

The Torrington Historical Society and the Workman Memorial AME Zion Church will host a birthday celebration for ...

One of the main speakers at abolitionist meetings was John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became an abolitionist. The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade tasked Thomas Clarkson ...

Olivia Newton-John’s Widower Says They Committed to 'Love Each Other Forever or Until the End of Time' (Exclusive) Everything Olivia Newton-John Has Said About Her Ups and Downs, from Recurring ...