Melissa Berry continues her story about 2 brothers, William & Francis Jackson, who helped fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad in Massachusetts... (Read More)
Melissa Berry writes about two brothers, William and Francis Jackson, who helped fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad in Massachusetts... (Read More)
An article about the Connecticut Kansas Colony, an anti-slavery group preparing to settle in “Bleeding Kansas” in the mid-1850s to fight slavery... (Read More)
Maine became the 23rd state on 15 March 1820, its statehood part of the balance between pro- and anti-slavery forces known as the Missouri Compromise... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn about Sojourner Truth, including her meeting with Abraham Lincoln in October 1864... (Read More)
An article about Juneteenth, to celebrate the declaration by Union General Granger on 19 June 1865 in Galveston, Texas, that “all slaves are free.”.. (Read More)
An article about the U.S. Supreme Court issuing its Dred Scott decision on 6 March 1857, ruling that Blacks could not be citizens in the United States... (Read More)
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