The Haunted History of The Myrtles Plantation
The Myrtles Plantation is a historic antebellum plantation located in St. Francisville, Louisiana, USA. The plantation was built in 1796 by General David Bradford, who...
Category : History
Five African-Americans Forgotten in History
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American history resonates with the names of great African-American men and women. The smallest school child to the oldest adult can rattle off the names...
Orangeburg Massacre
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The Orangeburg Massacre occurred on the night of February 8, 1968, when a civil rights protest at South Carolina State University (SC State) turned deadly...
The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst – The Grim History of January 1
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The History of New Year’s Day and American Slavery New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are widely celebrated as a time for new beginnings,...
Insurance Policies on Slaves
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New York Life, the nation’s third-largest life insurance company, opened in Manhattan’s financial district in the spring of 1845. The firm possessed a prime address...
George Washington and the Slave Who Got Away
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In 1796, a 22-year-old slave woman named Ona Judge fled President George Washington’s household for a life of freedom in New Hampshire. When he was...
The Brown Paper Bag Test
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Have you heard of the brown paper bag test? It was a practice that’s been documented in black fraternities and churches through much of the 20th...
The Blue Vein Society
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A Historical Perspective on the Mulatto Class and Social Hierarchies which admitted only Mulattos to improve their lot while barring entry for dark Africans. The...
Long-awaited justice in cop’s killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson, whose death helped spark Alabama civil rights marches
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After decades of waiting, justice has finally been served in the case of the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Jackson’s death, which occurred in 1965,...
Did you know the first governor of California ordered Blacks out of Oregon in 1844?
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Although southerners in the U.S. catch a lot of flak for their deeds regarding chattel slavery, the history shows the north have dirt on their...