Month: July 2025
Before the Draft Riots: The Cultivation of Division
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook In 1860, immigrants made up nearly half of the population of New York…
Five Points on the Edge of the Draft Riots
by Patrick Young, Esq. Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook Five Points was the most economically downtrodden neighborhood of all of New York. When starving…
Discovery of 1847 Condemnation of Slavery by Baptist Ministers Shows Development of Anti-Slavery Movement
As readers of Civil War history know, prior to the outbreak of the war many religious people in the North had turned against slavery. Northern…
Plan to Have Visitors Report UnAmerican National Park Rangers Fails
Signs have gone up at National Parks across the country warning visitors that there may be interpretive plaques or information from Rangers that may be…
Charles Sumner & The Campaign to End Slavery and for Equality
Zaakir Tameez is getting a lot of attention for his new book Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation. This new biography authored by a young…
Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth Considering Taking Harriet Tubman’s Name Off Ship
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to consider removing the name of Underground Railroad conductor and Abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s name from a Naval…