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Photo Tour of Harriet Tubman National Historical Park Auburn NY-Tubman’s Home

Two years ago, my spouse Michele and I visited a number of sites in the Finger Lakes region of New York connected with Abolition, the…

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Videos from CUNY Conference on Abolitionism

In 2014, the CUNY Graduate Center organized an academic conference on the Abolitionist Movement. Some of the top scholars in the field particpated. The first…

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Book Review: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight published by Simon & Schuster 913 pages (2018) $37.50 Hardcover $14.99 Kindle ​ David Blight has…

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August 13, 1868 South Carolina Mourns the Death of Abolitionist Thad Stevens

Thad Stevens was one of the great advocates for racial equality in the United States Congress. When he died, there was an outpouring of sadness…

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When Thad Stevens Died the Old Abolitionist Was With Black Preachers and Catholic Nuns August 1868

Anyone who saw the movie Lincoln remembers the masterful portrayal of Thad Stevens by Tommy Lee Jones. Old Thad is portrayed as a dedicated racial…

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Anna Dickinson: Don’t Hide Principles of Equality Behind Grant’s Cigar Smoke on Votes for Blacks June 1868

Anna Dickinson was a teen sensation as an abolitionist public speaker in the late 1850s. During the Civil War she became the first woman to…

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