Thomas Jefferson Claimed He Introduced Bill to Free Enslaved Blacks 100 Years Before Civil War. Was He Lying?
Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...
When formerly enslaved people relocated to and made their homes in Austin at the end of the Civil War
Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.
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Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says
The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...
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Trump Baselessly Claims Millions of People Born in the 1800s Are Getting Social Security Checks
President Donald Trump baselessly claimed that people born during the Civil War – and even before – have been receiving ...
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‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
“Tourism is an incredibly powerful tool to help countries bounce back from years of war. It helps to create hope, ...
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Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to undo the Civil War
The question of citizenship was foremost on the minds of abolitionists and free Black people in the years before the Civil War. As historian Martha S. Jones describes in her book “Birthright ...