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According to those who keep track of such things, at least 60,000 books have been published about the Civil War.
Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...
Deb lived long enough to watch Trump run for president the first time, in 2015—to watch as Trump built a political base by ...
In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...
A scroll where Baptist ministers took an early stand against slavery has been rediscovered in Groton, Massachusetts. The ...
The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, ...
Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
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 ...
In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, including on X, Reddit and Facebook.