Posted in Abolitionists Slavery

Can We Call Harriet Beecher Stowe an Abolitionist?

I have visited the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe in Hartford and read Uncle Tom’s Cabin. I have even seen the stained glass likeness of…

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Posted in African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Lincoln

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….

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