Lincoln and the Effort to Send Freed Slaves to an Island Off of Haiti
The Washington Post has an article this weekend on a disturbing effort to transplant freed slaves to an island off of Haiti and Lincoln’s involvement….
Marker Placed at Balls Bluff Where First Black Man to Fire on Confederates Fought
The Washington Post reports that on Saturday a new historical marker was placed at the site of the Battle of Balls Bluff alongside the Potomac…
Lincoln Cottage Was Lincoln’s Summer Home Photo Tour
The summer of 1864 was one of the bloodiest in American history. Against a background of the horrible battles of the last year of the…
Henry Louis Gates in NY Times on the Current Attack on Black History and Mildred Rutherford of the UDC
Historian Henry Louis Gates has a prominent article in the New York Times on the current attacks on the teaching of Black history. Here are…
The King Cake of Mardi Gras Season and Reconstruction in New Orleans
Many Mardi Gras Season dinners often include a King Cake. The cake has a little plastic baby baked into it. The person getting the baby…
David Ruggles Home Stop on the Underground Railroad
David Ruggles was one of the most effective organizers of the Underground Railroad in New York City. Ruggles was a free Black man from Norwich,…
Banners at the Albany Mall Interpret the History of the Underground Railroad in NY
When friends hear that I am going to the Albany Mall, they often think I am going shopping, albeit 180 miles from where I live…
Find My Civil War & Reconstruction Photo Tours of History Sites on Google Earth
As many of you know I had a medical issue last March that led to me taking A LOT of very long walks. I try…
Massive NY Rally for Blair & Seymour and Against Negro Dominance October 6, 1868
If you have ever wondered what a mass rally for a presidential candidate was like in the 1860s, this list of the massive Democratic parade…
Books on Slavery for Children from School Library Journal
The School Library Journal, a respected trade publication, has a list of books to use with students that focus on slavery in the United States….