Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6 小时
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite ...
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
A new biography of abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner
Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...
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 ...
Black abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, who lived on Long Island, helped shape the ...
A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine6 小时
Robert Colby
Robert Colby is a historian at the University of Mississippi. His first book, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil ...
The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...
The New Yorker7 天
The Other Side of Sherman’s March
The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...
Worcester County Wonders: The unintended consequences of Westborough's most famous native
After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...
University of Delaware9 天
In Memoriam: Peter Kolchin
Peter R. Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Delaware and recipient of the University's Francis Alison Award, died at home on Jan. 13, 2025. The cause of death ...