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Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy

She’s known as a savior of the enslaved – but few know that during the American Civil War, Harriet Tubman was an exceptionally capable Union Army...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Pursuit of Absolute Equality

Composite Nation

The story of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: writer, abolitionist and early pioneer of the concept of...

Frederick Douglass’ Composite Nation

Composite Nation

Abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass believed that the U.S. could become the greatest nation in history – if it accepted the defining principles set out in his speech, Composite...

Sally Hemings: Surviving Slavery and Sexual Exploitation

Women and the American Story

Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman who had several children with Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. Her story of agency and eventual emancipation remains an...

Stono Rebellion: The Largest Slave Uprising in Colonial America

Power to the People

The Stono Rebellion of 1739 saw enslaved people rise up using coded sounds that sowed the seeds of jazz, blues and hip...

Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Pursuit of Absolute Equality

Frederick Douglass’ Composite Nation

Sally Hemings: Surviving Slavery and Sexual Exploitation

Stono Rebellion: The Largest Slave Uprising in Colonial America

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