Trapped between charging Rebels and a deadly flooded creek, thousands of fugitive slaves watched in horror as the Union army abandoned them. Then came catastrophe--and excuses.
In 1843, 44-year-old Adam Crosswhite, his wife Sarah and their four children escaped from their master, Francis Giltner of Carroll County, Kentucky. After traveling along the clandestine Underground Railroad through Indiana and southwestern Michigan, they
The Compromise of 1850 was introduced to stave off conflict between the slave states and the free states upon the admission of California as a state. Under the Compromise, California was admitted as a free state, New Mexico and Utah were organized as slav
Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as "The Great Emancipator" and yet, he did not publicly call for emancipation throughout his entire life. Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was "antislavery" -- against slavery
Long Island had the largest slave population of any rural or urban area in the north for most of the colonial era. For almost two centuries, New York was a slave colony and Long Island was a slave island.
Resistance to slavery, oppression, and exploitation has been instrumental in the development of African people throughout the history of "civilization." While some differences in interpretations of the acquired material exist, the study of resis
