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Op-Ed: Leave abortion law to the states? Just look at the Fugitive Slave Act to see how that will go
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoState legislation of abortion could easily create similar issues to the complex relationships...
New documentary details how Ohioans rescued a formerly enslaved man from Kentucky in 1858
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOne hundred and sixty-five years ago — and about three years before the start of the Civil War — a...
Dehumanizing details of fugitive slave ads reveal abuses, depravity
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrom the earliest print archives of the Weekly Advertiser in 1849 to those of the Montgomery...
Ashland Memories: Underground Railroad 'tracks' crossed Ashland County
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhile the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt directly by God, enslaved people since have...
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 ...
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...
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...
South Jersey had multiple stops on the Underground Railroad. Where are they?
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNOTE: This story originally appeared online Feb. 8, 2022. Many people know the story of Harriet...
Did the Confederates have a point, kind of? Here's a hint: not really
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRobert E Lee statue removal Eze Amos/Getty Images There’s no doubt that Australian law professor...
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....