Abolished slavery
Professor David Blight: Good morning. I'm going to talk today about turning points, and on Thursday about turning points, and beyond that, probably, about turning points. But let me lay out...
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Abraham Lincoln, a la Shmoop: Wonder how long he had to pose for the penny. You’ve probably heard people say that Abraham Lincoln is the greatest President in US history. Lincoln freed many slaves,...
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Chapter 15 includes a new comparative discussion on the aftermath of slavery in various Western Hemisphere societies. You see important commonalities in the struggle over land and labor in...
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In Cuba, the official discourse has insisted that racism is a social phenomenon from the past. However, more and more Afro-Cubans complain about it being still in practice, which allows the positions...
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In July 1863 the community of New York City was made up of working class whites, Irish Americans, and African Americans all in constant competition for jobs and housing. Poor working conditions for...
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William Seibert: Welcome everyone. I think we’re ready to begin. I’m the chief of archival operations here at the National Archives at St. Louis, and we are so pleased to be able to host this program...
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The American Civil War ended in 1865 with a surrender by the Confederates. But for the newly freed African Americans in the South, the true struggle for freedom had just begun. The time period of...
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For months McCain Library at Southern Miss became a second home of sorts for Matthew Germenis who was tasked with researching several years of runaway slave advertisements in Mississippi beginning in...
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