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Review: Historian's 'Midnight on the Potomac' is a solid look at the end of the Civil War
According to those who keep track of such things, at least 60,000 books have been published about the Civil War.
Document discovered in Massachusetts shows Baptist ministers took early stand against slavery
A scroll where Baptist ministers took an early stand against slavery has been rediscovered in Groton, Massachusetts. The ...
A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts
The Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up ...
Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation
The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, ...
The Last Time Anyone Saw This ‘Holy Grail’ Scroll Was 1902. Someone Just Found It by Accident.
A five-foot-long handwritten scroll from Boston in 1847 titled “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery”—long thought to have been completely lost to time—was recently discovered in an archival box ...
Marietta Times5d
The Castle to host historic cemetery tour
The Castle will host a cemetery tour at the Harmar Cemetery at 10 a.m. July 26. The cemetery is located at 129 Wood St. in ...
South Carolina Public Radio3d
Robert Smalls statue first on SC Capitol complex to honor individual African American
More than 100 years after his death, Robert Smalls — a Civil War hero, educator and South Carolina politician — will be ...