Articles with keyword "Slavery"
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A Voyage to Freedom
Robert Smalls commandeered a Confederate ship to escape from slavery in South Carolina.
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Looking for Lincoln
Journalist Andrew Ferguson and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss America's love-hate relationship with our sixteenth president.
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Freedom Through Conversion
Conflict Endured during Colonial Period in Virginia over Morality of Christians Enslaving Other Christians
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Reading the Civil War
The moral and political dilemmas of the time seem so clear in retrospect.
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When the Slave-Catcher Came to Town
Oberlin, Ohio, was an abolitionist stronghold, but not impermeable.
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Third Time's the Charm
When Charles Willson Peale painted former enslaved African American and Georgetown resident Yarrow Mamout in 1819, he was interested in his storied longevity.
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Reverberations of the Fourth of July
MASSACHUSETTS On July 5, 1852, while citizens across the country were still celebrating American freedom, Frederick Douglass, the country’s most prominent former slave, delivered arguably the century’
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Name-Dropping In Rhode Island
Familiarly known as the “Ocean State,” Rhode Island’s full official name includes “and Providence Plantations,” words the state legislature has resolved to drop.
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Black Walden
The neighborhood where Henry David Thoreau took shelter was home to Concord's "abandoned" slaves.