Slavery Abolition

In general, unfortunately, the qualifications required to gain power and keep it have almost no connection with those required to govern with competence and impartiality. – Jean-François Revel (1924-2006), French author and philosopher. (In Ni Marx ni Jésus, …

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves, Abraham Lincoln. The headlines are unrelenting: Woman docked for locking maid in the toilet for 20 days Woman called out for burning 10-year-old housemaid with hot iron Police arrest madam w…

I can’t come up with lists like “these are the books I’m reading this Christmas holiday” because I read at most two books at a time slowly and methodically. For my bedtime reading, which gets me through about 10 pages before I get sleepy and turn out the ligh…

If you enjoy literature, history, movies and your cosmology includes Messier objects and Klingons, then this is your quiz. And this quiz is not just for guys. If you're a bright, sassy and sophisticated woman of any age, you will also like this quiz. However…

A Peoples History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian is the story of a group of women outsiders who band together and create their own safe haven, the city of Heaven. The women come from different backgrounds and experiences but share a fierce desire to protec…

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We write as historians to express our strong reservations about important aspects of The 1619 Project. The project is intended to offer a new version of American history in which slavery and white supremacy become the dominant organizing themes. The Times has…

Skip to comments. The Party of Lincoln Is Uniting as Pelosis House Is DividingTownhall.com ^ | December 21, 2019 | John Pence Posted on 12/21/2019 3:59:58 AM PST by Kaslin Invoking Scripture to make his case for the abolition of slavery, Abraham Lincol…

Keeping up with the Innovators This month, Brian Foo and Ben Lee came back to the Library to gather feedback from staff in the early stages of their project and to showcase working prototypes. Brian presented his project Citizen DJ, a music production and s…

I used to be a literacy helper at a local primary school. Every Tuesday Id wedge myself into a small plastic chair and listen to young children as they read aloud. But sharing a book was only part of the job. Other responsibilities included wiping noses and a…