Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave ...
Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...
Beyond the First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln; a look at all the women in late Abraham Lincoln's life
Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known ...
At Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black ...
Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...
Smithsonian Magazine2 个月
Civil War
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down ...
CNN2 天
Woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Syria jailed by Swedish court
A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday jailed by a Swedish court on charges of ...
The Atlantic3 个月
The Civil War
“To speak as the slave would, to say that we are as happy for the Civil War as most Americans are for the Revolutionary War, is to rupture the narrative.” ...