It was an extraordinary feat given the perils of the 1850 Slave Fugitive ... to vote as a free Black woman for more than 50 years after her work during the Civil War. Surrounded by friends and ...
Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known ...
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
What she did have was a deep faith and powerful passion for justice that was fueled by a network of Black and white abolitionists determined to end slavery ... as a Civil War spy are less well ...
Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...
“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.” ...
It was an extraordinary feat given the perils of the 1850 Slave Fugitive Act, which enabled anyone to capture and ... and had been fighting for gender equality and the right to vote as a free Black ...