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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...
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...
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 ...
In the mountains of Northern Mexico, descendants of formerly enslaved people have celebrated...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA woman stands in El Nacimiento de los Negros.Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty...
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...
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....
Fort Worth wants students to learn more about government. A Texas law makes it tricky.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 3 months agoConcerns regarding a state law passed in 2021 put an end to efforts begun by Fort Worth’s Task Force...
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· 11 months agoEditor’s note: This is the thirteenth in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor...
They posed as master and slave: The dramatic escape story behind a pathbreaking book
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 'Master Slave Husband Wife,' Ilyon Woo follows a wife and husband who escaped by posing as a white man and his caretaker, then fought for abolition.