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Column: Threats to criminalize out-of-state abortions are a scary reminder of 1850s America
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAbortion rights supporters march to the White House to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to...
Federal appeals court hears case of hidden murals at Vermont Law School
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal appeals court in New York is considering whether a law school in Vermont modified a pair...
South Jersey had multiple stops on the Underground Railroad. Where are they?
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNOTE: This story originally appeared online Feb. 8, 2022. Many people know the story of Harriet...
A 1787 federal law forbade slavery in Ohio, but African Americans here still faced abuses
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe history of African-Americans in Columbus and central Ohio is a long and complex story....
The tragic story of the Battle of Negro Fort
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPlantation owners swapped lurid tales of armed fugitive slaves running wild and fomenting rebellion. They soon lobbied Washington to eradicate the...
Adam, blacksmith and champion of freedom, dies without honor of last name | Righting the past
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEditor’s note: This is the thirteenth in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor...
Directors of 2 Milwaukee Black history museums share important parts of Wisconsin's history
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFebruary is Black History Month, and Milwaukee has two institutions dedicated to preserving the...
Free communities offered tenuous grip on safety in era of slavery
The Herald, Sharon, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 5—The law was passed in Washington D.C., but it set off tremors that shook the ground in Mercer County and destroyed a community. In Washington, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part ...
There's another War Between the States coming over abortion
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Supreme Court’s abortion ruling may set off disputes among states and the federal government...
Interstate abortion travel bans? We're supposed to be a free country, not East Germany.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTens of millions of Americans are too young to remember how repressive regimes clamp down on freedom...