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“Blazing a Path to Freedom: African Americans and Their White Allies in Bleeding Kansas”

In the following article University of Tulsa historian Kristen T. Oertel describes the people who like John Brown helped enslaved African Americans in Missouri escape to freedom in Kansas Territory through the western Underground

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Dred Scott Case

Dred Scott and his wife Harriet filed suit against Irene Emerson for their freedom. The Dred Scott case was first brought to trial in 1847 in the first floor, west wing courtroom of St. Louis Courthouse. A black slave from Missouri who claimed his freedom on the basis of seven years of residence in

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1846

Stephen Crane , (born Nov. 1, 1871, Newark, N.J., U.S.—died June 5, 1900, Badenweiler, Baden, Ger.), American novelist, poet, and short-story writer, best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) and The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and the short stories “The Open

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David Walker: Abolitionist Smuggled "Appeal for a Slave Revolt" to the South in Used Clothing

David Walker: Abolitionist Smuggled “Appeal for a Slave Revolt” to the South in Used Clothing

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Free Forever: The Contentious Hearing That Made Biddy Mason A Legend - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… Beckwourth, William Leidesdorff, among other African Americans who played significant roles in … authorities that a group of Black Americans were being held in Santa … Hayden, since Mason, as a Black American, could not testify against Smith …

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Horrors Of Slavery At Center of Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum’

NEW YORK (AP) — Janelle Monae says she “felt so much rage and anger” when she stepped onto a former slave plantation for the first time to film the psychological thriller “Antebellum.” In the movie, set for release Friday, the pop star and actress plays a successful modern-day author that finds

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Douglas statue comes down, but Lincoln had racist views, too - Black News Channel

By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With the nation racing to come to grips with centuries of racial sins, officials plan to remove the Capitol lawn statue of Stephen A. Douglas, whose forceful 19th century politics helped forge modern-day Illinois but who also profited

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African Americans in Tennessee

African Americans are among the largest ethnic groups in the state of Tennessee, making up 17% of the states population in 2010.[1] African Americans arrived in the region prior to statehood. They lived both as slaves and as free citizens with restricted rights up to the Civil War. The state, and

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AP changes writing style to capitalise 'b' in Black

The change conveys “an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African Diaspora and within Africa,” John Daniszewski, AP's vice-president of standards, said in a blog post

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National Negro Convention Movement

In the early months of 1830, a young freed man from Baltimore named Hezekiel Grice was not satisfied with life in the North because of the hopelessness of contending against oppression in the United

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1830

When Ohio residents rallied to protect fugitive slave Addison White from U.S. Marshals

When Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Laws in 1793 and 1850, it allowed federal marshals to arrest slaves that had escaped to the North and take them back to their southern owners, as well as, arrest northerners suspected of aiding runaway

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First Congregational Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1867- )

The First Congregational Church of Atlanta, Georgia, the largest Congregational church in the South, began as a “gathered church” on May 26, 1867. After being baptized, local formerly enslaved African Americans joined members of the mostly white congregation that met at the Storrs

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Nike joins the companies making Juneteenth an annual paid holiday | The Atlanta Voice

Nike is adding June 19, a holiday called Juneteenth, to its list of official, paid company

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Jamaica Emancipation Day and Independence Day – A Consideration | New York Carib News

There is now some consideration about combining these two days over a long weekend, and a poll was commissioned on the question. It is no surprise that the majority of the respondents were in favor of combining these two holidays providing a long weekend.

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Black Art Posters|Black Art Prints|Slavery In America|Affordable And Historical Art

http://bit.ly/M6R5tf Our Black History Art Prints & Posters Collection consists of fine art prints and posters that showcase some of the most memorable moments, personalities, images and themes from the Slavery Era in US

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Garrett, Thomas

Garrett, Thomas, 1789–1871, American abolitionist, b. Upper Darby, Pa. A Quaker, he joined the Pennsylvania Abolition Society in 1818. At Wilmington, Del., where he became a hardware merchant and toolmaker, he made his home a station on the Underground Railroad , helping numerous slaves to

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Archaeologists Conduct Research That Leads Them to Ancestral Home of Harriet Tubman’s Father in Maryland - The New York Beacon

Archaeologists in Maryland say they believe they have found the homesite of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s father. The homesite of Ben Ross was found on property acquired last year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, officials

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Underground Railroad, The (1820-1861)

The Underground Railroad was established to aid enslaved people in their escape to freedom. The railroad was comprised of dozens of secret routes and safe houses originating in the slaveholding states and extending all the way to the Canadian border, the only area where fugitives could be assured

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The Great Dismal Swamp was a refuge for the enslaved. Their descendants want to preserve it. - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… preserve the swamp’s distinct African American and Indigenous history and share … descends from free and enslaved African Americans and White settlers in the …

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Source: Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis - The Washington Post

Five African-American Male Writers to Remember

Jupiter Hammon is considered one of the founders of the African-American literary tradition. Hammon was a poet who would be the first African-American to publish his work in the United

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The first stamp of the U.S. Postal Service's

The first stamp of the U.S. Postal Services Black Heritage USA series honors Harriet Tubman, famed abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad

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African-American Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement began decades before 19th century that resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation. Initially, abolition of slavery was not on Abraham Lincoln’s agenda list. However, his ever increasing reliance on black soldiers to punish the rebellious states rendered him to issue the

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Beyoncé drops surprise single 'Black Parade' on Juneteenth | The Atlanta Voice

Beyoncé did not let Juneteenth pass without dropping one of her signature surprises — a new single called “Black

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Maryland Unveils Statues of Tubman, Douglass in Capitol – Free Press of Jacksonville

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press – ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — At a time when states are debating the removal of Confederate monuments, Maryland unveiled bronze statues of famed abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass during a ceremony Monday night in the Maryland State

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GOP State Lawmaker Slammed For Saying 3/5 Compromise Aimed To End Slavery

Multiple historians noted that the Three-Fifths Compromise helped slaveholders achieve inordinate power and uphold the institutions of slavery.

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(1858) Abraham Lincoln, “A House Divided”

On June 16, 1858, only three hours after he received the Republican nomination for the United States Senate from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln gave his A House Divided speech, perhaps the most famous oration from an anti-slavery politician delivered before the U.S. Civil War. That speech appears

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Jun

16

1858

Republican State Rep. Who Attended Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally Mocks Lynchings, Defends Racist 3/5 Compromise

Colorado Republican State Rep. Ron Hanks made a joke about lynching before defending a provision counting enslaved Africans as only three-fifths of a human being. Yes, seriously.

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California Fugitive Slave Law adopted

The California Fugitive Slave Law, introduced earlier by state Senator Henry A. Crabb, was adopted by the State Legislature. It authorized any slave owner claiming a runaway to obtain warrant for the slaves arrest.

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Apr

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1850

Juneteenth Becomes a Holiday for County Employees

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson announced today by way of Executive Order #20-15 that Milwaukee County employees will have a floating holiday on June 19 to mark Juneteenth Day and the end of slavery in

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