Birthright Citizenship and 19th-Century ‘Illegal Aliens’
Will the Supreme Court rescue President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional ...
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Our History: A Compass to Our Future
Part genealogy study, part haunting narrative, historian Mary Frances Berry’s new book, “Slavery After Slavery: ...
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Newspaper advertisements, notices, tell a story of slavery in Southwestern Pennsylvania
At the start of the 19th century, The Genius of Liberty carried dispatches on events an ocean away and concerns as close as a ...
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Swine Palace’s production of “Red Velvet” explores 19th century racial inequality
"Red Velvet" explores racial inequality in the 19th century through the irony and subtext of the character's words compared ...
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JD Vance draws inspiration from a 19th century pro-slavery tyrant | Opinion
In 1828, gold was found in the Appalacian Mountains of Georgia on land that belonged to the Cherokee Nation. As word of the ...
Long before Jackie Robinson, Black jockeys dominated and changed horse racing
In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...
Walking through history and Savannah’s stories of slavery
A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to ...
A 19th-century legal case and why it matters today
In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...
Historians say homes in Natick, Sudbury were used to help slaves escape the South
Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...
African leaders to push for slavery reparations despite resistance
African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can ...
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Discovering Family Roots in Brooklyn Slavery
Slavery in New York also lasted far longer ... the enterprise with equal parts passion and wonky command of both 19th-century archives and 21st-century databases. “People used to say Black ...
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
Throughout the 19th century, New Orleans was the nation’s ... As tensions rose over slavery, Dédé ultimately fled to France. It was there Dédé reached the height of his career.