by Free the Slaves | Jan 30, 2015 | Advocacy, Slavery in the News
January 31st marks a monumental moment in the history of slavery in the United States. On that date 150 years ago, the House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. It abolished legal slavery in the United States. Within eight months, the...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 16, 2014 | Take Action
Two years ago, President Barack Obama delivered the longest presidential speech on slavery since Abraham Lincoln. In his address to the Clinton Global Initiative he committed to three steps to strengthen the fight against human trafficking. First, he promised to...
by Maurice Middleberg | Jan 14, 2014 | FTS Updates, Take Action
Last Saturday, I was standing on hallowed ground. As I rose to speak to hundreds of people gathered for a benefit concert at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, I had to take a deep breath. That’s because on that very spot, 150 years ago, anti-slavery activists were...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 18, 2013 | Take Action
Millions of Americans will soon see the poignant story of a man who was ripped from his family in the 1800s and brutalized by a vicious slaveholder before finally breaking free. It’s important to remember that the events depicted in 12 Years a Slave are still...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
These days, we’re used to the image of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a marble chair – at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. But another Lincoln chair is about to capture the public’s attention. It’s the bentwood Hickory chair that Lincoln was sitting in when he...
