history
For Southern slave masters, preserving bondage was a global cause
December 2, 2016Matthew Karp’s book, This Vast Southern Empire, shows that the effort to preserve slavery was not just a national, but rather an international affair.
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Today in history: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged
December 2, 2016Brown led the attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to spark a slave uprising.
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This week in history: Worldwide Maize Day
November 22, 2016Maize Day is celebrated on the day after Thanksgiving and falls within Native American Heritage Month.
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They shall not pass: Fighting fascism in 1930s Britain
November 18, 2016"My dad told me about Oxford’s anti-fascist students, many of them members of the Communist Party of Great Britain."
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This week in history: Chinese liberator Sun Yat-sen born
November 7, 2016Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary, physician, first president and founding father of the Republic of China.
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