In Saratoga lecture, abolitionist Frederick Douglass criticized Quaker minister who said slaves better off than free Blacks
The old stone schoolhouse is gone — dissembled in the 1950s with its materials carted off to Vermont. But what happened at Dean’s Corner Schoolhouse lives on, thanks to a William G. Pomeroy Foundation ...
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The Forgotten Chains: Uncovering Slavery’s Presence in Yonkers
Census showing residents of Yonkers By Dennis Richmond Jr. A conversation about slavery is never easy. It is an open wound, a ...
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Harvard Didn’t Just Kill Its Slavery Research Team. It Flunked History of Slavery 101.
Many people are shocked and saddened at how badly Harvard has stumbled in its efforts to reveal and repair the legacy of ...
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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...
The meter of history: The Jerry Rescue and the struggle against slavery
Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.
New life for a late Peter Bogdanovich film, plus the week’s best movies in L.A.
The "Dinner in America" revival hits L.A., "Altered States" in 35mm and Super Bowl counterprogramming with "Kansas City" and ...