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9 hours ago · The Civil War (1861-1865) was a turning point for slavery in the South. As the war progressed, enslaved people increasingly sought freedom by escaping to Union lines. President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 declared all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory to be free.
9 hours ago · Silas Stillman Soule ( / soʊl / SOHL; July 26, 1838 – April 23, 1865) was an American abolitionist, military officer and 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad. As a Kansas Jayhawker, he supported and was a proponent of John Brown 's movement in the time of strife leading up to the American Civil War . During the war, Soule joined the ...
9 hours ago · Warmack noted that, by talking about the subject of slavery in the state, other fascinating, related subjects could also be highlighted in the exhibit, such as the Underground Railroad’s path through West Virginia. “This was a potential escape route for fugitive slaves.
9 hours ago · Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Curious Geometries, an exhibition of new works by Sanford Biggers, Svenja Deininger, Sarah Meyohas, and Claudia Wieser at the gallery’s Aspen space. Throughout their work, Biggers, Deininger, Meyohas, and Wieser all examine notions of the geometric, drawing on pattern and contour to think about history, space, time, and perception.In new sculptural works from his Codex series, Sanford Biggers (b.1970; Los Angeles, CA) continues his ongoing ...
13 hours ago · Over the next two years, Norfolk Southern predicts will improve productivity by about $550 million and boost its profit margin. The railroad’s revenue grew 2% to $3.04 billion in the quarter, in ...
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9 hours ago · The Dry by Jane Harper. Luke Hadler turns a gun on his wife and child, then himself. The farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily. If one of their own broke under the strain, well . . . When Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk returns to Kiewarra for the funerals, he is loath to confront the people who rejected ...
Jul 27, 2024 · The town he was raised in, Oberlin, Ohio, served as a safe haven on the underground railroad during the Civil War, a place where slaves could stay while escaping to Canada from Southern plantations. “The little house I was raised in had a false basement in which the kids would play like it was our secret hideaway,” Rowe says.
