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DeSantis claims it was only the American Revolution that caused people to question slavery
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis said during a recent speech that no one had considered abolishing...
The National Park Service put a historic Fall River anti-slavery landmark on the map
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFALL RIVER — A historic home on Pine Street has been nationally recognized as a station on the...
On this date: Pennsylvania abolishes slavery (sort of)
WHTM via Yahoo News· 3 months ago(WHTM) Pennsylvania had slaves before Pennsylvania was even Pennsylvania. Dutch and Swedish settlers...
16 women abolitionists you may not know about
Stacker via AOL· 4 months agoLibrary of Congress // Getty Images; Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images It is an egregious fact that forced labor has long been a practice in...
Opinion/Chaput: DeSantis claim on slavery points to a need for history education
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoErik Chaput is the co-creator of the Dorr Rebellion Project website:...
Op-Ed: American history is a parade of horrors — and also heroes
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJohn Brown, an evangelical militia leader who was hanged for trying to arm enslaved people for an...
April 18, 1688: The Germantown Petition against slavery
WHTM via Yahoo News· 1 month agoGERMANTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — Francis Daniel Pastorius was one of the early movers and shakers of...
16 women throughout history who famously fought for equality
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs a tribute, women covered women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's tombstone with "I Voted"...
Go north for more winter. Or seek these folks to plan year of adventures.
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast week’s rain, then snow left us a thin white dusting. Good for what? Tracking for snow, I...
Find Black history on your next hike, fish or picnic at Potato Creek
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDid you realize that Potato Creek State Park in North Liberty and points east of it bear key sites in local Black history? Samuel Huggart, a free African American, brought his family and settled ...