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Frederick Douglass approached the abolition of slavery from within the [...] »

Not technically a military force, the "Regiment" proved integral to the [...] »

Most African Americans (free or slaves) never joined the ranks of the [...] »

Being born in the United States was not always a guaranteed path to [...] »

The agitation among women’s rights activists over the language of the 14th [...] »

On the record and off the record communications between Washington and [...] »

The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in central New York State.

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What happens when cartoon characters go to war?

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When did universities start making teaching students do student teaching? [...] »

Boston abolitionists on the lookout for slave-catchers in 1851.

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