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Frederick Douglass statue vandalized on anniversary of his famous Fourth of July Rochester speech

Frederick Douglass statue vandalized on anniversary of his famous Fourth of July Rochester speech
On the same weekend in which famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass 168 years ago delivered one of his most historically resonant speeches, a statu...
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Henry Brown Was A Slave In North Carolina – Until He Mailed Himself To Freedom

Henry Brown Was A Slave In North Carolina – Until He Mailed Himself To Freedom
Henry Brown had reached the nadir of his despair. The Virginia slave’s pregnant wife and three children had just been sold away after their owner...
Posted in abolitionist, black history, henry box brown, railroad, SLAVERY, underground