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History-Making Slave Rebellion Still Sparks Fire In Newark: Remembering Nat Turner | Newark, NJ Patch
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (533+ words) NEWARK, NJ — They took up arms and fought back. This is one of many reasons why it is important to remember the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion – and why an annual remembrance event continue to take place in Newark. The 17th annual…...
ON THIS DAY: Aug. 18 Marks The Beginning Of Slavery In America
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (22+ words) The English privateer ship White Lion anchored in modern-day Hampton, Virginia, carrying a cargo of "20 and odd" captive Angolans....
The Roots of Capitalism: Slavery and the Sugar Trade
6+ hour, 49+ min ago (1648+ words) The modern capitalist world was built not only in banks and factories but also through the plantations, ports, and ships that transformed sugar and enslaved human beings into sources of global profit. William Cowper’s satirical, anti-slavery poem ‘Pity for Poor…...
A gripping historic narrative of the Zorg transatlantic slave ship, which helped spark the abolitionist movement
17+ hour, 49+ min ago (838+ words) International Examiner In The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery, Pulitzer Prize finalist Siddharth Kara gives us a unique perspective on the transatlantic slave trade through an account of a fateful journey of…...
Letter to the editor: Slaves vs servants
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (211+ words) I’d like to start by thanking Q. Davis. The world needs more discussion of history. I used to tell my students, “If as the Bible says, ‘the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,’ then the study of…...
The Great White Fleet: Not as Racist as it Sounds, But Racist Enough
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (34+ words) How a Boston fruit merchant’s obsession with steamships built an empire — and helped redraw the map of the Americas In the …...
Stowe Center explores independence in Black abolitionists’ stories
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (594+ words) by Reginald David, CT Mirror August 14, 2026 There is the Declaration of Independence Americans learn about in school, the one signed in Philadelphia in 1776 and celebrated every July 4. Then there are thousands of more personal, individual declarations of independence that came…...
A Civil Debate About the Civil War
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (651+ words) Re “Don’t Call It the ‘Civil War,’” by Anthony Conwright (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 2): Consider Abraham Lincoln’s characterization of the conflict in the Gettysburg Address: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new…...
Revolution 250: America's Independence Story 1763–1783 - The National Archives - The Chiswick Calendar Events
1+ week, 4+ day ago (110+ words) Britain and America. One Story, Two Nations. 2026 marks the 250 anniversary of the signing of a document that changed the world: The US Declaration of Independence. They are recognising this momentous period in British American history with a powerful free exhibition…...
The Timeless Clarity of Frederick Douglass
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (514+ words) The observations of Frederick Douglass at the death of Robert E. Lee 155 years ago echo clearly today as a prophetic statement that stands the test of time. When we compare Frederick Douglass’ steadfast statement to what we recently heard from President…...