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The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoBorn enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist,...
Opinion: For Black people, there’s an important history of flight as fight | CNN
CNN.com· 6 days agoEditor’s Note: : Kellie Carter Jackson is the Michael and Denise Kellen ’68 associate professor in...
A Niagara legacy: A 140-year tale of two countries preserving a natural landmark
Yahoo News Canada· 6 hours agoThis powerful museum expounds on Niagara Falls’ integral geographic location for enslaved peoples’...
‘The beginning of Black liberation’: photographs tell the real story of the Mississippi Delta
The Guardian· 15 hours agoOn a hot afternoon in June, four people stood in the lobby of Travelers Hotel off Third Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi, each taking in the images that lined its walls.
Quentin Blake Centre to hire ‘decolonising’ researcher ahead of move to historic waterworks
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoThe Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is hiring a “decolonising” researcher ahead of relocating...
Historically Black town in Louisiana's Cancer Alley is divided over a planned grain terminal
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoSisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200...
Man traces family genealogy to finds relatives were enslaved by Bushes
Daily Mail· 5 days agoThat disturbing past inspires us to go farther and faster on the journey toward a better future of...
See the $10M New Orleans mansion with a grisly past that lured a potential new buyer in less than a...
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoThe 10,284-square-foot LaLaurie Mansion, listed for $10.25 million, sits on land with a dark past....
DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 5 days agoGenealogical and genetic ancestors aren’t the same thing. A DNA match − or a lack of one − may not...
A New Museum Specializes in Black Genealogy. Here’s What I Found Out About Myself.
New York Times· 19 hours agoJonathan Abrams reported from Charleston, S.C., where approximately 150,000 enslaved Africans...