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Hace 5 días · When Lee invaded Maryland and then Pennsylvania, he had his officers kidnap free black people and sell them back into slavery in the South. Maybe that’s one of the reasons that – as Trump said in his “Gettysburg Wow” comments – Lee is “no longer in favor.”
Hace 2 días · Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity.
Hace 4 días · In short, Berlin’s framework for writing the 89-year history of American slavery and emancipation is both powerful and provocative. In three chapters, Berlin succinctly covers the struggle over slavery from the American Revolution to the Civil War.
Hace 5 días · Lord Byron, British Romantic poet whose published works and personality captured the imagination of Europe during his lifetime. His greatest poem, Don Juan, is a witty satirical commentary that exposes the hypocrisy underlying social and sexual conventions.
Hace 2 días · Mary Boykin Chestnut was the wife of a wealthy South Carolina planter who kept a diary during the Civil War. Published long after the war, the diary included many insightful and pointed criticisms of slavery, such as this passage, in which she calls the institution "a monstrous system...a wrong and an inequity."
Hace 2 días · LibriVox recording of Poems Concerning the Slave Trade by Robert Southey. Read in English by Alan Mapstone tba - Summary by Alan Mapstone For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit ...
Hace 23 horas · Long ago. In a time of ancient past, in jails made out of stone. There, residing prisoners were scared and all alone. Many were tortured and crucified to death. Beaten within an inch of life, clinging to their last breath. Men, women and children, in the dark they could not see. Praying for death to come so they could finally be set free.
