by Jadia Kershaw | Apr 29, 2024
This source comes from the New York Public Library Digital Collections and was published in 1843. The source addresses the man by the name of Benjamin Lay. To better understand this source, it is important to know the history of slavery in the United States. Slavery...
by Caroline Zoltek | Apr 29, 2024
The following sculpture encapsulates the image of Casimir Pulaski, who is described as “The Father of American Cavalry” [1]. This artistic piece was created by Henry Dmochowski Saunders in the year 1857. Saunders was a talented artist who created multiple artistic...
by Jaylene Rivera | Jul 3, 2023
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order declaring that all slaves who were in Confederate territory be set free. It was issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War as it approached its third year in 1863. This changed the lives of more than...
by Arta Boljevic | Jul 3, 2023
“Those dead should not die in vain” (Abraham Lincoln) The bodies of four Union soldiers were captured in a photograph (https://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/lincpix/woods.jpg) lying lifeless on the grounds of a battlefield. At first glance, assumptions can...
by Erin Leary | Jul 1, 2023
The Amistad case of 1839 occurred due to the forceful enslavement of Africans kidnapped by the Spanish and taken to Havana, Cuba, which was widely known for the slave trade. Two Spanish owners of large plantations, Pedro Montes and Jose Ruiz together were able to...