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Video: The Massacre of U.S. Colored Troops at Camp Nelson in Kentucky

PBS recently did a documentary of United States Colored Troops and Black refugees that sought refuge at the Union’s Camp Nelson in Kentucky in 1864…

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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore Wins Pulitzer for History

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, by Jill Lepore (Liveright) has won the Pulitzer Prize for History. About a third of the…

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