Blairsville museum shares the stories of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond

The Blairsville Underground Railroad Museum shares the stories of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond ...
The Economist

Six books to understand the civil war and slavery in America

T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

How a Black writer in 19th-century America used humor to combat white supremacy

Any writer has to struggle with the dilemma of staying true to their vision or giving editors and readers what they want. A ...
Prescott eNews

And They Died by the Tens of Thousands – American Renaissance

African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction, Oxford University Press, 2012, 264 pp., $30.54 ...
The EconomistOpinion

The evil and the good in the American civil war

Nor, despite our warning against prediction, did we doubt it would end badly for the South. The North had factories and ...
The Telegraph

John Dunphy debunks Civil War myths on slavery and secession

A living historian brings the past to life for contemporary Americans by portraying historical figures at public events such as our long-defunct Heritage Days festival. Such a person visited my ...
Good Black News

BHM 100*: Meet Robert Smalls, who Escaped Slavery by Commandeering a Confederate Boat, Captained That Same Boat for the Union Navy, and Became the 1st African-American Elected ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary since Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the “Father of Black History” founded Negro History Week in February 1926. Fifty years after that, President Gerald Ford ...
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Lesson Plan: Slavery and the Civil War in Kentucky

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan provided introductory remarks to begin her lecture on the state's decision to keep slavery or abolish ...