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Equal Justice Initiative dedicates monument to slavery survivors at Montgomery memorial park
WJFW Rhinelander· 8 hours agoPeople who visit the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, will not only face the...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
How Slavery Radicalized Lysander Spooner
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 12 hours agoHow does a radical libertarian abolitionist attorney from the North go from passionately defending the United States Constitution–arguing that the document prohibited slavery
Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 20 hours agoToday we celebrate Juneteenth, the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the farthest outpost in America. Many people do not realize...
Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
Indiana Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as...
Ten Reasons Not to Abolish Slavery
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 10 hours agoEvery society on earth has slavery. The unspoken corollary is that every society must have slavery. The pervasiveness of an institution seems to many...
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoWilbur Bell, 83, believes he is a living son of slavery in America. Family history has Bell’s...
Juneteenth 2024 in Arizona: Celebrating Black history
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoEvents in Avondale, Mesa and Chandler celebrated the June 19, 1865, holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Here are the 2024 photos.
American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited,...
The Patriot-News· 17 hours agoAs the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue...
On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery
WPRI Providence· 8 hours agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of surnames grace the towering monument, representing the more...
