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Tag Archives: Abolition
“But with blood” – John Brown, Violence, and Abolition in Kansas
On a cold December morning in 1859 in a jail cell in Charles Town, Virginia, John Brown reflected on his role in the desperate fight for abolition. Less than two months prior, he had led a small army of 21 … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Abolition, Bleeding Kansas, Harpers Ferry, John Brown, Pottawatomie
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“But his soul goes marching on.” Brown, Douglass, and the Radicals
Today abolitionism is praised with few reservations, but it was a fringe movement in the 1830s. Its followers took a lonely moral stand. William Lloyd Garrison in 1831 declared “I am in earnest. I will not equivocate – I will … Continue reading
Posted in Slavery
Tagged Abolition, John Brown, John Brown's Raid, John-Brown-160, John-Browns-Raid-160
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October The Sixteenth – “Alive With Ghosts Today”
Perhaps You will remember John Brown. John Brown Who took his gun, Took twenty-one companions, White and black, Went to shoot your way to freedom Where two rivers meet And the hills of the North And the hills of the … Continue reading
John Brown’s Raid 160th: An Introduction
One hundred and sixty years ago this month (October 2019), twenty-two men embarked on a mission that shocked the nation and accelerated the rush toward Civil War. The event is now popularly called “John Brown’s Raid” and is viewed as … Continue reading
Posted in Slavery
Tagged Abolition, introduction, John Brown, John Brown's Raid, John-Brown-160, John-Browns-Raid-160
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Did Frederick Douglass Influence “The Blind Memorandum”?
The timing. The national circumstances. The reports of what two great men discussed. It raises the question: did Frederick Douglass influence Abraham Lincoln’ decision to draft the document referred to as “The Blind Memorandum”? On August 23, 1864 – one … Continue reading
Posted in Lincoln, Politics, Slavery
Tagged 1864 Election, Abolition, Abraham Lincoln, black history, Blind Memorandum, Frederick Douglass, slavery
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June 28, 1864: “Hereby, Repealed”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three and five of an act entitled “An act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Slavery
Tagged Abolition, African American History, black history, Civil War Congress, Fugitive Slave Act, politics
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On This Day: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Did you know…? On June 5, 1851, the first installation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin appeared in The National Era – an abolitionist paper. The story would run for forty installation, and in 1852, it was published in book form. Harriet … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Material Culture, Slavery
Tagged Abolition, Harriet Beecher Stowe, novels, Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Question of the Week: 2/11-2/17/19
Who is your favorite abolitionist from the Antebellum or Civil War years? Why?
Posted in Question of the Week, Slavery
Tagged Abolition, black-history-2019, Question of the Week, slavery
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Beyond the 13th Amendment: Ending Slavery in the Indian Territory
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Neil P. Chatelain When exactly did legal slavery end in the United States? Many Americans unfamiliar with the particulars of the Civil War respond with 1863 and the issuing of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Still … Continue reading
