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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...
Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists want to punish care in other states
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn 14 July, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would ensure a legal shield for abortion patients...
Adam, blacksmith and champion of freedom, dies without honor of last name | Righting the past
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEditor’s note: This is the thirteenth in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor...
Historian to discuss powerful border dynamics for Black community in 19th century Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe things that Frederick Douglass and other Black residents of 19th century Rochester deemed...
The Remarkable True Story of the Couple Who Posed as Master and Slave to Escape Bondage
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA portrait of Ellen Craft in the book 'Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom.' Credit - Public Domain...
The 1539 Project: Why Black Midwest and Iowa history matters
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTO READERS: An earlier version of this essay gave the wrong date for Nikole Hannah-Jones' speech at Iowa State University. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from Waterloo ...
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 ...
The Joshua Glover plaque and mural mark a key part of Milwaukee's history
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCathedral Square is home to many summer festivals. There’s Jazz in the Park, Bastille Days and the...
Ashland Memories: Underground Railroad 'tracks' crossed Ashland County
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhile the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt directly by God, enslaved people since have...
Orion Griffin: Today in history: D.C. abolishes the slave trade
The Newberry Observer, S.C. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 20—On September 20, 1850, the District of Columbia abolished the slave trade, making it illegal to buy and sell slaves in the nation's capital. Although it outlawed the trade, slavery was ...
