Despite the horrors of slavery, it was no easy decision to flee. Escaping often involved leaving behind family and heading…
Tag: Black History
They called her “Moses” for leading enslaved people in the South to freedom up North. But Harriet Tubman fought the institution…
During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass used his stature as the most prominent African American social reformer, orator, writer and…
As America’s Civil War raged, with the enslavement of millions of people hanging in the balance, African Americans didn’t just…
Contents A ‘White Man’s War’? The Second Confiscation and Militia Act (1862) The 54th Massachusetts Confederate Threats The Fight for…