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‘Descendant’ Review: The Discovery of a Sunken Slave Ship Galvanizes a Community in Sundance-Winning...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1808, the United States banned the importation of slaves, effectively putting an end to the...
The 16 Best Rookie Seasons in NFL History
ONE37pm via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThere have been some amazing draft picks to hit the professional football gridiron, but who had the best rookie seasons in NFL history? Let's talk about...
Kroger's Pappy Van Winkle bourbon lottery returns: Here's what to know
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoKroger's wildly popular Pappy Van Winkle Lottery, held annually during the holiday season, is back and bigger than ever. Billed as "the largest Pappy Van Winkle Lottery in Kroger history," at ...
Trump Says We Should Have Negotiated Around the Civil War. Here’s What Would Have Happened.
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFormer President Donald Trump thinks history could have been different, if only Abraham Lincoln had...
Unveiling IAAM: Charleston’s Museum of African American Heritage
Worth via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoOn the edge of Charleston Harbor, the new International African American Museum aims to reshape...
Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into...
When was the last eclipse in Binghamton? Past solar events in Broome County history
Press Connects | Press & Sun-Bulletin via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, irrecoverably dark, total eclipse; Without all hope of...
Southfield family traces roots back to last known slave ship to arrive in U.S.
CBS News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCrawford and her family are the descendants of an enslaved man brought illegally to the U.S. on the...
This Week in West Virginia history
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 2—CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Sept. 3, 1890: ...
Maine's seafaring history marred by long-ignored, disgraceful chapter
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 3—In 1851, Captain Frederick Drinkwater of Portland sailed the Chieftain into New York Harbor. Technically, the slave trade had been outlawed for decades. In reality, American ships and ...
