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Published: 10/16/20
John Brown’s Raid
Discover the story of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and its role in the fight against slavery. Explore images that relay the historical significance of this pivotal moment.
Published: 10/13/20
“The Good Lord Bird”: Episode 2
The second installment of historian Megan Kate Nelson's review of the Showtime miniseries "The Good Lord Bird."
Published: 10/6/20
“The Good Lord Bird”: Episode 1
Historian Megan Kate Nelson's review of the first episode of the Showtime miniseries "The Good Lord Bird."
Published: 9/2/20
The Women’s Fight (2020)
An illuminating volume revisits familiar questions about Civil War-era women in new ways.
Published: 3/7/20
Abolitionists at War
Read how anti-slavery reformers’ reaction to the Civil War helped transform the conflict into one for emancipation—and provoked their movement's collapse.
Published: 10/9/19
American Abolitionism (2019)
Dive into the direct political impact of American abolitionism on the end of slavery in Stanley Harrold's "American Abolitionism."
Published: 7/24/19
Illusions of Emancipation (2019)
A detailed review of "Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom & Equality in the Twilight of Slavery" by Joseph P. Reidy.
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Published: 7/1/19
The Refugees
During the Civil War, some 500,000 enslaved people fled to Union-occupied regions seeking freedom, establishing over 300 refugee settlements.
Published: 12/17/18
Emancipation on Stage
Megan Kate Nelson discusses the play Ben Butler by playwright Richard Strand and staged by Portland Stage.
Published: 12/1/18
A Fitting Tribute
A look at a calligraphic portrait by W.H. Pratt of Abraham Lincoln using the text of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Published: 7/30/18
“Martyrs” to Their Cause: John Brown, Edmund Ruffin, and Harpers Ferry
Dive into the stories of John Brown and Edmund Ruffin and their impact on the fight against slavery.
Published: 9/17/12
The Battle For Freedom: Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln spent the late summer of 1862 waiting. Worrying and waiting. He was worrying about the war, which was not going well. And he was waiting for a victory...