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On September 1, 1849, the Brotherhood of the Union, an early pro-worker organization, formed. The vision of a radical named George Lippard, this organization established priniciples in Ameican working class activism that would be incredibly influential throughout the 19th centry, especially within the Knights of Labor, of which it is a direct predecessor. Lippard grew […]
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On May 12, 1878, Catharine Beecher died. This is a moment to discuss the incredible importance of Beecher’s 1841 book Treatise on Domestic Economy, its influence on housework for middle class women, and the general rise of housework as a modern middle class phenomenon that transformed the nation. Born in 1800 in East Hampton, New […]
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This is the grave of William Marcy. An early doughface, or northern politician who served southern masters, Marcy was a big wig in the New York Democratic Party during the antebellum era. Born in Southbridge, Massachusetts in 1786, he graduated from Brown in 1806 and went into the law, moving to Troy, New York. He […]
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Angela Pulley Hudson’s fascinating and very readable new book details a remarkable story of an ex-slave from Mississippi and a Mormon convert who met during the tumultuous early years of Mormonism became “professional Indians” who took their musical show on the road, became famous for it, and managed to keep up the racial passing for […]
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