Anti-Slavery Meeting on the Boston Common

Anti-Slavery Meeting on the Boston Common

The 1800’s were an important time in American history. The United States was growing in size, purchasing new lands from other countries, and expanding their boarders westward. As the nation grew so did the technologies and industries that were already in place. One of...
A mother’s anguish

A mother’s anguish

The article from the Anti-Slavery Almanac that was published in 1837, A mother’s anguish, details how a woman who was a slave ended up killing her children as they were going to be shipped off to slavery. The mother did not want her children to experience what she...