Articles with keyword "Slavery"
Curio
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.
Statement
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’
Curio
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.
Feature
Black Walden
The neighborhood where Henry David Thoreau took shelter was home to Concord's "abandoned" slaves.
Feature
Livingstone in a New Light
Long indecipherable letters, written in ink made from crushed seeds, are now readable through spectral imaging.
Feature
The War 150 Years Later
As the sesquicentennial nears, a selection of past, present, and future humanities projects.
Feature
The Man Who Came in Second
In 1860, John C. Breckinridge ran for president against Lincoln, and broke the Democrats in two.
Conversation
Personal History
NEH Chairman Jim Leach talks with Drew Gilpin Faust, daughter of the South, president of Harvard, and this year's Jefferson Lecturer.
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