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William Patterson, a Pennsylvania native late of Gallatin, Tennessee, headed for the Southern Mines after his arrival in ...

The 1863 portrait, also known as The Scourged Back, was once publicly circulated to condone slavery and racism in the ...

The Trump/MAGA/White Supremacist administration is ordering the removal of information and depictions of the era of slavery in the United States. One of the most emblematic images of enslavement is ...

Despite the progress made during Reconstruction, it was all shattered with the introduction of Jim Crow Laws and sneaky ...

State lawmakers on Friday advanced a plan that would allow California colleges to offer preferential admission to students who are descended from enslaved people, part of an ...

Long before Bayside became one of New York City’s most coveted residential neighborhoods for high-income families during the ...

Since the end of the 19 th century, Woodland Park has been providing a place for Lexingtonians to gather. While most know ...

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Civil War buff Ruth McCartan believes some of the best history lessons lie close to home. “You don’t have to go to a battlefield to learn,” the McCandless resident said. McCartan will host a tour Sept ...

PULTNEYVILLE — As the new school year begins, the Williamson-Pultneyville Historical Society will step back in time as its program season begins with a Civil War session. The title of David Malgee’s ...

The following are the latest results of Portage County Health Department inspections on licensed food establishments and other types of businesses, which the Stevens Point Journal reports monthly.