Tag: Black History

6 Strategies Harriet Tubman and Others Used to Escape Along the Underground Railroad

 0 Comments on 6 Strategies Harriet Tubman and Others Used to Escape Along the Underground Railroad

Despite the horrors of slavery, it was no easy decision to flee. Escaping often involved leaving behind family and heading into the complete unknown, where harsh weather and lack of…

Continue Reading 6 Strategies Harriet Tubman and Others Used to Escape Along the Underground Railroad

After the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman Led a Brazen Civil War Raid

 0 Comments on After the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman Led a Brazen Civil War Raid

They called her “Moses” for leading enslaved people in the South to freedom up North. But Harriet Tubman fought the institution of slavery well beyond her role as a conductor for…

Continue Reading After the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman Led a Brazen Civil War Raid

Why Frederick Douglass Wanted Black Men to Fight in the Civil War

 0 Comments on Why Frederick Douglass Wanted Black Men to Fight in the Civil War

During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass used his stature as the most prominent African American social reformer, orator, writer and abolitionist to recruit men of his race to volunteer for…

Continue Reading Why Frederick Douglass Wanted Black Men to Fight in the Civil War

6 Black Heroes of the Civil War

 0 Comments on 6 Black Heroes of the Civil War

As America’s Civil War raged, with the enslavement of millions of people hanging in the balance, African Americans didn’t just sit on the sidelines. Whether enslaved, escaped or born free,…

Continue Reading 6 Black Heroes of the Civil War

Black Civil War Soldiers

 0 Comments on Black Civil War Soldiers

Contents A ‘White Man’s War’? The Second Confiscation and Militia Act (1862) The 54th Massachusetts Confederate Threats The Fight for Equal Pay On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed…

Continue Reading Black Civil War Soldiers