Slavery Abolition

Abraham Lincoln doesnt make much of an appearance in Sidney Blumenthals All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume III, 1856-1860 until around page 180, entering his own story almost as if through a side door. Then, with rapidly ga…

In 1951, as the Cold War ramped up and American soldiers died in a bloody hot war in Korea that began when communist North Korea invaded non-Communist, pro-America South Korea, Hollywood released a movie called The Day the Earth Stood Still. Its plot involve…

Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace. Beside presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow W…

Samuel "Sam" Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United States as a constituent state. His victory at the Battle of San Jacinto secured the independence of Texas fr…

When Harper LeesGo Set a Watchman was published last summer, fans were disturbed at its depiction of Atticus Finch, which seemed to warp an iconic hero of American fiction beyond recognition. Go Set a Watchman shows Atticus as a hidebound defender of Southern…

A block down the road from where the debate was being held was the Fillmore Detroit theater, where a portion of Williamsons robust following from her days in the city gathered to watch the debate. A woman glumly ate blueberries out of a large Ziploc bag as th…

The Liverpool-built Leila paddle steamer set out on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic to run the Union blockade of Confederate ports - Historic England Britain has long been proud of its historically progressive attitude to slavery, frequently pointing t…

For this project on how students learn about slavery in American schools, The Washington Post asked noted historians to write an essay on aspects of slavery that are misunderstood, poorly taught or not covered at all in the nations classrooms. From the cruel …

Students read during class in Montgomery, Alabama, April 1939. | Marion Post Wolcott via Library of Congress Textbooks have been slow to incorporate black humanity in their slavery narratives. And they still have a long way to go. Four hundred years ago, a gr…

Six thousand years of humans writing down history reveal the most common form of government has been a monarchy. The most powerful monarchy the world had ever seen was the British monarchy. The British Empire at it zenith controlled 13 million square miles a…