Articles with keyword "Slavery"
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From Freedom to Equality Around the Nation
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
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From Freedom to Equality with NEH
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
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The Agitator
William Lloyd Garrison burned the Constitution as he roared against the injustice of slavery.
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Faces of the Renaissance
A new exhibition at the Walters Museum explores race and identity to ask the burning question, Who's your daddy?
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Remarkable Radical: Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens was a fearsome reformer, who never backed down from a fight.
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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.









