It's President's Day, but rather than focus on the presidents themselves this year, how about we think about all the people who have made the presidency work over the years?.
This is the grave of James Birney. Born in 1792 in Danville, Kentucky to Irish immigrants, Birney's family was torn on the issue of slavery. He had abolitionist family members..
Good essay from historian Daina Ramey Berry on the horrible 19th century trade in human bodies you don't know about: the cadaver trade. There was plenty of weird cadaver trading.
Every now and then, someone wonders in comments why I obsess about the Civil War and referring to it as Treason in Defense of Slavery, a term it should be.
When thinking about the worst presidents in American history, a topic very much on our minds these days, we should not forget the odious Millard Fillmore. But one aspect of.
On December 27, 1831, the Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. This slave rebellion of up to 60,000 people, put down over the next couple of weeks, also was the final.
This is a few days old, but it is still worth a mention. When archaeologists discovered Sally Hemings' cabin at Monticello, NBC News and many other news outlets reported it.
On May 30, 1741, Quack and Cuffee, two slaves convicted of a conspiracy to burn New York and start a slave rebellion, were burned to death. Part of the New.
