On October, 16, 1859, John Brown and nearly two dozen comrades seized the armory at Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia, hoping to use its massive arsenal in the struggle to forcibly end slavery. Captured and brought to trial at nearby Charles Town, Brown was found guilty of treason. … Continue reading
Maya Angelou story recalled by Frederick Buechner talks about the time when he was at a religious occasion at Trinity Church on Wall Street in New York City when the author told him how the extravagant religious procession made her want to laugh into a barrel. Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014.
“Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils…” “Accustomed to move like a mere machine, by the will of a master, reflection is suspended; he has not the power of … Continue reading
“Duplicate No. 22 United States of America, United States District Court, District of Virginia, Clerk’s Office Norfolk, Va., s.s. I, James Hicks, of the county of Elizabeth City, State of Virginia, do solemnly swear or affirm in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend … Continue reading
The memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, chronicles the life of Solomon Northup, who was born free in New York, but captured and forced into slavery for 12 years in Louisiana. Continue reading
As 9-year-old boy, author and former slave Booker T. Washington remembers the feelings of freedom in the air after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1883. Continue reading
Monday January 25, 1864 By Elizabeth Cady Stanton Office of the Women’s Loyal National League, Room No. 20, Cooper Institute. New York, January 25, 1864. The Women’s Loyal National League, TO THE WOMEN OF THE REPUBLIC: We ask you to sign and circulate this petition for the entire abolition of … Continue reading
