Religion and Social Movements
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1.4KA Newport Quaker and The French Pirates – The John Hull Story
Captain John Hull made frequent trips between America and England as early as the 1680s. He ran a profitable line of ships...
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10.7K2How the Jewish Immigrants Came to New England
It’s an oft-told story about the Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty on New York’s Lower East Side to prominence through hard...
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3.1KA Pants-Free Preacher Starts a Bonfire of the Vanities in New London
In 1743, religious enthusiasts ignited a bonfire of the vanities on the docks of New London, Conn. Their deranged leader, James Davenport,...
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3.9KThe Branded Hand of Jonathan Walker: Emblem of Slave Stealing or Slave Savior?
In 1844, Florida slave-holders believed Jonathan Walker deserved the punishment of a branded hand. Walker, after all, had tried to steal seven...
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4.2K5Robert Roberts Tells All – About How To Be a House Servant in 1827
Robert Roberts moved comfortably among Boston’s Brahmin class, not as an equal but as an African-American servant. He was good at his...
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4.6KThe Curse of Humphrey Atherton
Humphrey Atherton had far more power and influence than his victims, Quakers he persecuted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1650s....
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11.4K2Discovery of Wheeler-Thoreau Shanty Site at Flints Pond Is Likely
An amateur archaeologist, Jeff Craig, may have discovered the lost Wheeler-Thoreau shanty site. The 19th-century shanty helped inspire Thoreau to build his...
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6.6KSeven Fun Facts About Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass rose from slavery in the South to international prominence as a writer, orator and anti-slavery activist. He didn’t spend a...
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7.1KThe Vermont Eugenics Survey Purifies the Population’s Polluted Protoplasm
The Vermont eugenics survey began with the rural exodus of Vermont farmers and didn’t end until well after Hitler used its ‘philosophy’...
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