During the Age of Enlightenment, anything was thought possible, and for African Americans, this included freedom and equality, "the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness." Free blacks and ...

An 1821 surveyor's map slowly is revealing some details about ... McMinn was in the United States while Bradley was Cherokee territory, Reed said. The agency issued travel permits for whites ...

During the Age of Enlightenment, anything was thought possible, and for African Americans, this included freedom and equality, "the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness." Free blacks and ...