Slavery
“The Ballad of Jane Elkins,” Texas slave woman hanged
October 28, 2014A soliloquy in which African-American slave Jane comes back alive to go over the last few days before she used an ax to split open the head of slave Master Wisdom.
Read moreAbraham Galloway biography provides truer picture of Civil War
August 8, 2014Abraham Galloway, an African-American bricklayer by trade, became a leader of the abolition cause and built a network of freedom fighters deep in the Slave South.
Read moreToday in labor history: Lincoln tells advisors about Emancipation Proclamation
July 22, 2014In the wake of the Emancipation Proclamation victory came a great momentum that led to the Union's war victory, 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments and Reconstruction.
Read moreGreat grandfather who helped end slavery and save a nation remembered
May 7, 2014An unpublished manuscript "The Diary of Francis Marion Wheeler 1842-1899" has been gathering dust on a bookshelf in our house for many years. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
March 20, 2014Stowe was highly active in the abolition movement. She and her husband supported the Underground Railroad and temporarily housed slaves in their home.
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