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Opinion | What Frederick Douglass Learned From an Irish Activist
Mississippi Free Press· 4 days agoAs many as 30 Black abolitionists and activists also traveled to Ireland between 1790 and 1860....
Today in History: Title IX signed into law
Chicago Tribune· 4 hours agoToday is Sunday, June 23, the 175th day of 2024. There are 191 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 23, 1972, President Richard...
Historians seek to add Pontiac cemetery to Underground Railroad Network for Freedom sites
Detroit News· 3 days agoA coalition of Oakland County historians is working to nominate Pontiac's Oak Hill Cemetery, thought...
Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 4 days agoMany people do not realize that Emancipation did not legally end slavery in the United States, however. The 13th Amendment — the culmination of centuries...
Harriet Tubman statue makes a stop in Bastrop
KVUE-TV Austin· 4 days agoOutside the Kerr Community Center in Bastrop now sits a statue of Harriet Tubman, the great abolitionist who helped established the Underground Railroad...
The Cause That Turned Idealists Into Authoritarian Zealots
The Atlantic· 6 days agoThe better one seeks revolutionary change through the democratic process, as the Socialist leader...
How Slavery Radicalized Lysander Spooner
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 4 days agoHow does a radical libertarian abolitionist attorney from the North go from passionately defending the United States Constitution–arguing that the document prohibited slavery ...
A RISD professor’s fascinating discovery about a former slave - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 5 days agoSchroeder: I was working on a book on the history of nostalgia. Harriet’s son went with his Uncle...
'Uncovering' history: Omaha students discovering Nebraska's role in Underground Railroad
Omaha World-Herald· 5 days agoMore than 40 incoming Omaha North and Northwest high school freshmen are learning about the network...
Liam McCollum
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 4 days agoLiam McCollum is a student at the University of Montana’s School of Law and a Mises Apprentice.
