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‘The Holy Grail’: Lost 19th century anti-slavery scroll found in Mass. closet
Initial efforts to locate a 19th century anti-slavery scroll were unsuccessful — until they looked in a church closet.
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Lost 19th century anti-slavery scroll discovered in Groton
The scroll, titled "A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery," dates to 1847 and was signed by more than 115 Baptist ...
Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists' commitment to abolition
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
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Correction: Baptist-Anti-Slavery Scroll story
In a story published July 3, 2025 about an anti-slavery scroll, The Associated Press erroneously reported the document shed light on the debate over slavery in ...
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Hoskin creates task force to examine impact of slavery on 19th-Century tribal economy, infrastructure
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. on June 19 signed an Executive Order establishing the “Task Force to Examine ...
Claim that only 1.6% of Americans in 1860 owned slaves erases critical historical context
In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...
'The Fight of the Century': How Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries inflamed a nation 115 years ago on the Fourth of July
The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...
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Leave his family, or return to slavery? In 19th-century Virginia, her great-great-grandfather faced a ‘fearsome’ choice - Richmond Times-Dispatch
He was now a slave, one of 500,000 enslaved people in Virginia. His owner, Thomas Rosser, owned 14 other slaves. The census described them only by age, color and gender. No names.