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In telling the story of Northern slavery, Mass. woman hopes to help others reckon with the impacts
When it comes to studying Massachusetts history, most of the focus is on the freedom trail and the revolutionary war. But slavery played a pivotal role in building the country and the commonwealth. As part of Black Heritage Month, NBC 10 Boston’s Latoyia Edwards visited a former plantation turned museum, where this painful part of the past is being...
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New museum in Alabama tells history of last known slave ship to US and its survivors
A new museum Alabama tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to have transported Africans to the American South for enslavement.
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‘Overwhelming': Rare Look Inside Underground Railroad Safe House in Boston
Boston has been known as a stop along the Underground Railroad, a place for enslaved people from the South to find safety in free states. A local author’s new bestselling book tells the story of one couple’s incredible escape from Georgia to Beacon Hill. But even she had not been inside the home where they stayed or seen the...
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Rare Look Inside Safe House on Underground Railroad
Boston was a known stop along the Underground Railroad, a place for enslaved people from the South to find safety.
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Local Author Tells Story of Enslaved Couple's Epic Escape to Boston
It’s a true American love story most of us have not read in our history books: how an enslaved couple escapes Macon, Georgia, and finds freedom in Boston. That’s the story of “Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Cambridge native Ilyon Woo. The historical narrative follows Ellen Craft, whose biological father and first enslaver is white, and William Craft. In...
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Stained Glass Window Shows Jesus Christ With Dark Skin, Stirring Questions About Race in New England
A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women has been rediscovered in a Rhode Island church.
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Midterm Voters Decide to Overturn Slavery in Several States – But Not All
Voters in five states went to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to ban slavery and forced prison labor.
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Several States Ban Slavery at Ballot Box, But Not All
Voters approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime.