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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Maryland

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is at 4068 Golden Hill Road Church Creek, Maryland  21622 is a relatively new site jointly run…

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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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Merchant’s House in Manhattan Has a Recently Discovered Passage for the Underground Railroad

Merchant’s house in New York City has recently uncovered a hidden passageway that historians say was used by the owners to hide slaves on the…

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Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform by Anne E. Marshall

Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform by Anne E. Marshall published by University of North Carolina…

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Harriet Tubman Statue Binghamton NY

Harriet Tubman has long been a hero to Upstate New Yorkers. She lived for more than half of her life in Auburn, New York in…

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Most Popular Book at NY City’s Public Libraries? “James” The Story of an Escaped Slave Who Joins the USCT

Every year New York City’s three library systems tally up what books were borrowed the most times in the past year. This year was James…

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National Museum of African History and Culture D.C.

I first went to the Smithsonian back when I was in eighth grade and about to graduate from my elementary school. I loved going there,…

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Pete Hegseth Religious Leader Shocking Conclusion on Slavery & Emancipation Part 5

This is the fifth article on the prominent Reverend Douglas Wilson views on slavery and the Civil War. Wilson is the leader of Secretary of…

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Pete Hegseth’s Minister Says That Slavery Wasn’t All That Bad Part 4

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has attracted a lot of attention for renaming military bases after Confederate leaders and stripping the name off a Naval ship…

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Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Advisor Says That Slave Trading Was Wrong But Not Slavery Part 3

This is the third article on Rev. Doug Wilson, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spiritual advisor. Rev. Wilson is the head of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical…

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