Slavery Abolition

TV shows get canceled for all sorts of reasons — low ratings, budget concerns, bad decisions by the network, etc. Sometimes, however, a series is canceled before a single episode makes it to air because something about the show makes people go, "Who on earth approved this?!" Here are 15…

1 of 7 | Tourists gather to take pictures at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on October 12, 2024. On November 8, 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Nov. 8 (UPI) --…

Long before colonialism brought slavery to the Caribbean, the native islanders saw hurricanes and storms as part of the normal cycle of life.  The Taino of the Greater Antilles and the Kalinago, or Caribs, of the Lesser Antilles developed systems that enabled them to live with storms and limit their…

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The risks of modern slavery in the housebuilding sector are “poorly understood” despite its size and political importance, a new report says. Residential accounts for around 40 per cent of UK construction output, but academics from King’s Business School found that the housebuilding sector is is often excluded from research…

Strengthening its leadership with new board members, the Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum reinforces its commitment to preserving history and celebrating Lincoln’s enduring legacy. The Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Chris Reichert, Mayor of Athens, and Sameer Somal,…

There seems to be no shortage of significant moments that changed the American way of life. The American Revolution alone would seem obvious, along with the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. More recently, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War were all cultural touchstones and massive,…

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” actor Jeff Daniels asked if President Abraham Lincoln would have released an AI poop bomb video like President Donald Trump did. Daniels said, “I think the No Kings protest, aside from the 8 million plus people that actually brought attention to what’s going on, to the…

Measuring the Man explores Frederick Douglass’s writings on Abraham Lincoln, featuring rare documents with insights from scholars Jonathan W. White and Lucas E. Morel. On October 1, 2025, acclaimed scholars Lucas E. Morel and Jonathan W. White published Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln (Reedy Press),…