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Prior to the Civil War, no issue more sharply divided Americans than the issue of race ( Read more... )

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Author of 1859 novel, drawn from her life, is honored in New Hampshire

"Frado has passed from their memories, as Joseph from the butler's, but she will never cease to track them till beyond mortal vision."-- Harriet E. Wilson, "Our Nig; or Sketches From the Life of a Free Black ( Read more... )

Lifting as We Climb Symposium ( Read more... )

Dr. Samuel Gridley HoweBoston physician Samuel Howe joined his wife, Julia Ward Howe (famous for her Battle Hymn of the Republic, based on the tune about "the body of John Brown lies a-moulderin' in the grave") in championing social reforms from better treatment for the disabled to the abolition of slavery. Howe disapproved of Brown's raid of ( Read more... )

As orginally referred to in this article, Abolition Day was established in Boston to celebrate banning of the legal trade of slaves by Britain in 1807 and Congress in 1808 ( Read more... )

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Promised Goat I would stop by here more often and maybe offer a post or two. John Brown has been on my mind today so I thought I'd post some information about him here. He is clearly a pivotal figure in the evolution of Black History and serves in particular as a strong model for anti-racist white people. There is also a new book about him called ( Read more... )

Chapter 5 A Nation Divided ( Read more... )