Under the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850, U.S. Marshals were mandated to ... "Slavery Reparations Update: Map Shows States Considering Payments." Reuters. "California Resort Town of Palm ...

What place do stories of romance and marriage have in the pages of a newspaper? Join this conversation with the Vows writer Rosalie R. Radomsky by Feb. 14 to find out. By The Learning Network A ...

He also had slaves, as the slave registries of 1850 and 1860 reflect. "On slave registries, no names are listed, just age, sex and race. ... By finding these names, we are releasing them to give ...

Yet he enforced the Fugitive Slave Laws of 1793 and 1850. On Jan. 17, the University of Cincinnati College of Law will present a lecture “John McLean: Southern Ohio’s Homegrown Anti-Slavery ...

After stumbling upon her rich family history, the Fort Worth woman made it her mission to save a historic freedom colony in ...

The roots of Irish and African solidarity can be traced to colonial times, when enslaved Africans and indentured Irish servants interacted on British-owned estates in North America. While ...

An assignment given to sixth grade social studies students at Nitschmann Middle School asking what they would do in scenarios that involved slavery was “inappropriate” and “completely ...

As the nation expanded westward, the dispute over slavery intensified. Citizens of Southern slave states clashed with Northern activists who were morally opposed to slavery. Would the new ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds WNW at 11 to 13 mph (17.7 to 20.9 kph). The overnight low will be 15 °F (-9.4 °C). Flurries with a high of 16 °F (-8.9 °C) and a 63% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

Died Clifton, buried Cheltenham. Will of Mary Lawrence Stevenson of Cheltenham Gloucester proved 15/4/1850. Will of William James Stevenson of Kingston Jamaica proved 8/7/1831. The William Stevenson ...

Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound from the West African coast to North America in late 1859. Her story ...

Green-Meldrim House Sitting on Madison Square in the middle of the Historic District is the Green-Meldrim House, which was originally built by a wealthy cotton merchant in 1850. The house ...