ABOLITION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA +2 Apr 14, 2025 On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step in the long road toward f…
SURVIVORS OF AMISTAD MUTINY RELEASED +2 Mar 6, 2025 On March 9, 1841, U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that freed the remaining thirty-five survivors of the Amistad mutiny. Although seven of t…
JOHN C. FRÉMONT: THE PATHFINDER +2 Jan 29, 2025 Major John C. Frémont (1813-90), popularly admired for his mapmaking expeditions to the West, was court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and dis…
+2 ABOLITIONIST ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Nov 6, 2024 On Nov. 7, 1837, Elijah Parish Lovejoy was killed by a pro-slavery mob while defending the site of his anti-slavery newspaper the St. Louis Ob…
JOHN BROWN: A LONGTIME FOE OF SLAVERY Oct 14, 2024 On Oct. 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 armed followers stole into the town of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, (now West Virginia) as most of its reside…
THE ESCAPE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS Sep 2, 2024 On Sept. 3, 1838, abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass made his dramatic escape from slavery â€� trave…
