Add to ORKGIntroduction: In pre-Civil War America, escaping slaves learned elementary astronomy, journeyed toward the Big Dipper, and made their way to freedom. (Reproduced from: Sky & Telescope, Gloria D. Rall, published by American Astronomical Sociey, Feb. 1995.
Rebellion and Leadership for the African American Community In The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway...
During the Civil War, thousands of refugees from slavery fled to Yorktown, Virginia, where they esta...
A landmark Civil War history told from a fresh, deeply researched ground-level perspective. At the c...
Introduction: Too few people care about the stars...Old people know the stars and children love the...
The newly freed slaves had almost nothing—no money, no education, and no strong social institutions,...
Following the Civil War, Federal troops remained in the South, maintaining order and overseeing the ...
Introduction: Wahzhazhe come from the stars By their choice, not by falling Or being thrown out Of t...
Slaves were allowed three day’s holiday at Christmas time and so it was over Christmas that John And...
Introduction: Ad Astra Per Aspera. By the time John J. Ingalls first inscribed these words on the Ka...
Kidnapping was perhaps the greatest fear of free blacks in pre-Civil War America. Though they may ha...
Soon after the Union Army took control of the Sea Islands along the southern coast of South Carolina...
Article discusses the implications of Manifest Destiny and the Whipple Expedition, particularly the ...
By 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Territories were opened for settlement, underground railroads had ...
One of the most original contributions to the history of the American antislavery movement, and anti...
Ferrying across the river Forgotten conductors rediscovered For generations, white Quaker activist...
Rebellion and Leadership for the African American Community In The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway...
During the Civil War, thousands of refugees from slavery fled to Yorktown, Virginia, where they esta...
A landmark Civil War history told from a fresh, deeply researched ground-level perspective. At the c...
Introduction: Too few people care about the stars...Old people know the stars and children love the...
The newly freed slaves had almost nothing—no money, no education, and no strong social institutions,...
Following the Civil War, Federal troops remained in the South, maintaining order and overseeing the ...
Introduction: Wahzhazhe come from the stars By their choice, not by falling Or being thrown out Of t...
Slaves were allowed three day’s holiday at Christmas time and so it was over Christmas that John And...
Introduction: Ad Astra Per Aspera. By the time John J. Ingalls first inscribed these words on the Ka...
Kidnapping was perhaps the greatest fear of free blacks in pre-Civil War America. Though they may ha...
Soon after the Union Army took control of the Sea Islands along the southern coast of South Carolina...
Article discusses the implications of Manifest Destiny and the Whipple Expedition, particularly the ...
By 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Territories were opened for settlement, underground railroads had ...
One of the most original contributions to the history of the American antislavery movement, and anti...
Ferrying across the river Forgotten conductors rediscovered For generations, white Quaker activist...
Rebellion and Leadership for the African American Community In The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway...
During the Civil War, thousands of refugees from slavery fled to Yorktown, Virginia, where they esta...
A landmark Civil War history told from a fresh, deeply researched ground-level perspective. At the c...