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Did President Obama's "Free" Black Ancestors Own Slaves?
AUGUST 1, 2012 2:59PM
Topics: african americans, john punch, united states history, slavery, president barack obama, family history, genealogy, culture, race
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The Education of the Right Reverend Terry Jones
JUNE 15, 2012 8:47PM
Topics: dove world outreach center, reverend terry jones, cape giradeau, rush limbaugh, president barack obama, the pulp, missouri, hess perrigan, grace sturgeon, cleo wight, st. joseph gazette, garett schoolhouse, marysville, velma colter, raymond gunn, dixie, university of missouri marching band, statue of freedom, gottfried tower, fred coker, horace duncan, will allen, springfield, pierce city, william godley, gazella wild, hermann almstedt, university of missouri, james t. scott, florida, torture, jackson county, parramore, chattahoochee river, claude neal, alice smith, sallie smith, lola cannady, rosewood, ocee, andrew mchenry, reverend josh j. baskin, bert dennis, james dennis, mary dennis, stella young long, newberry, l. g. harris, boisey long, george wynne, gainesville, alucha county, lynching, african american history, united states history
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A Lynching at Mt. Vernon; 1878
JUNE 14, 2012 7:23PM
Topics: united states history, law, crime, prostitution, rape, robbery, murder, african american history, jim goode, jeff hopkins, edward warner, william chambers, cyrus oscar thomas, edward hayes, william russell, charles baker, dan harris, jim dunn, major menzies, william nelson, john douglas williams, posey county, matt nelson, william kenna, frank wright, alexander crunk, cincinnati enquirer, new york times, mt. vernon democrat, st. paul daily globe, sedalia democrat, pat mcmullen, lynching, mt. vernon, indiana
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More On the Lynching in Sandusky, Ohio; 1878
JUNE 13, 2012 3:58PM
Topics: sandusky, ohio, rioting, mob rule, 1878, william taylor, lynching, crime, murder, alice o'donnell, united states history
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Some Lynchings of 1878
JUNE 12, 2012 4:38PM
Topics: 1878, texas, nebraska, ohio, sandusky, tennessee, indiana, alabama, florida, kentucky, louisiana, lynchings, crime, united states history
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No Girls Allowed, 1878
MAY 10, 2012 11:45AM
Topics: politics, discrimination, united states constitution, 19th amendment, voting rights, sufferage, women's history, eletions, county recorder, monroe county mary deborah rogers, bloomington, indiana, united states history
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Rememberances of Things Past: Roasted Doves
MAY 9, 2012 11:16AM
Topics: united states history, prostitution, indiana, vincennes, owen county journal, mattie evans, arson, attempted murder, white caps, vigilantes, 1878, poor farms, county homes, crime
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Girls Gone Wild, 1878 Edition
MAY 8, 2012 10:18AM
Topics: women, owen county journal, philadelphia times, paternalism, industrial revolution, 1878, united states history
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- 287 Views
- 1 Comments
Remembrances of Things Past: Child Labor
MAY 7, 2012 4:19PM
Topics: united states history, pennsylvania, allegheny valley, paper mill, vitriol, sulfuric acid, mary ann collins, 1878, pittsburg commercial, owen county journal, republican, child labor
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Some Interesting Ancestors
MARCH 27, 2012 7:44PM
Topics: genealogy, united states history, devin, bideford, bishop's castle, massachusetts, harvard, nathaniel eaton, bunbury, katherine graves, 1619, first legislative assembly, captaain john smith, port tobacco, maryland, jamestown 1608, virginia, captain thomas graves, ann graves, henry charlton, thomas allen, puritans, cambridge, st john's college, england, cheshire, reverend william cotton, verlinda cotton, thomas burdett, james alexander hamilton, anglicans, roman catholics, anne bolelyn, henry viii, indiana, todd hosea, bloomington, janet francis, contraceptives, religion
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The Anniversary of Uncle Tom's Cabin
MARCH 20, 2012 6:10PM
Topics: slavery, united states history, literature, books, fiction, nonfiction, harriet beecher stowe, josiah henson, amos riley, isaac riley, maryland, charles county, port tobacco, ohio, cincinnati, kentucky, daviess county, owensboro, yellow banks, calvin ellis stowe, catharine beecher, lyman beecher, rebecca foote, uncle tom's cabin
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Thanksgiving, 2011
NOVEMBER 24, 2011 5:23PM
Topics: thanksgiving, penance, united states history, continental congress, native americans, puritans, george washington, godey's ladies book, sarah hale, abraham lincoln
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Only Napoleon: What Could Have Been
AUGUST 3, 2011 1:02PM
Topics: jeffersonians, federalists, politics john quincy adams, alliances, united states, european union, jose de san martin, simon boliver, simon hobbs, cnbc msnbc, bbc news, panama, mexico, chile, peru, europe, great britain, united states history
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Mercy Killing in a Shaker Community, 1911
JULY 29, 2011 3:26PM
Topics: shakers, florida, religion, united states history, murder, mercy killing, euthanasia
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- 537 Views
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40 Acres and a Broke Down Mule
JULY 25, 2011 11:41AM
Topics: slavery, reconstruction, united states history, civil war, confederates, sea islands, georgia, south carolina, florida, andrew johnson, edwin santon, abraham lincoln, general sheman, ebeneezer creek, steve king, michele bachmann
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- 1131 Views
- 3 Comments
General vs. General and a Horrid Betrayal of Slave Refugees
JULY 15, 2011 3:01PM
Topics: illinois, georgia, murder, kentucky, alabama, ebenezer creek, massacre, william t. sherman, tennessee, indiana, alaska, united states history, u.s. generals, slavery, civil war
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- 951 Views
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Real Slavery: Executed for Killing Master's Wife and Child
JULY 14, 2011 11:48AM
Topics: slavery, murder, legal execution, winston family, john williams, jane williams, richmond, virginia, united states history
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Real Slavery: William Wells Brown: Fugitive Man of Letters
JULY 13, 2011 3:48PM
Topics: united states history, slavery, the greater journey, david mccullough, louisiana, new orleans, st. louis, cambridge, massachusetts, illinois, kentucky, ohio, missouri, united states, france, england, great britain
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- 595 Views
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Enslaved Children Remember Slavery
JULY 12, 2011 5:03PM
Topics: michele bachmann, rick santorum, family leaders, salvery, children, families, united states history
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- 610 Views
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Waterboarding Prisoners in Colorado, 1890
APRIL 6, 2011 9:39AM
Topics: united states history, torture, prisons
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