All posts tagged "harriet beecher stowe"
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15.2K1ConnecticutWhy Connecticut Sent Henry Obookiah Back To Hawaii, 175 Years After He Died
Henry Obookiah, a young Hawaiian, caused a stir in the spring of 1815 when he sat in front of the white worshippers...
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39.2K11Crime and ScandalSix Historic Wealthy Enclaves – And the Scandals They Spawned
Face it, people who have a lot of money like to be around other people who have a lot of money. So...
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14.3K3ConnecticutHenry Ward Beecher Delivers One Too Many Sermons on Morality
The Beecher family of Litchfield, Conn. – the children of Rev. Lyman Beecher and his two wives Roxanne and Harriet – each...
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6.8K1Arts and LeisureWill the Real Annie Adams Fields Please Stand Up?
Publisher and poet James Fields saw his career take off after he married Annie Adams Fields. It was not a coincidence. Fields’...
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11.5K10Arts and LeisureCurrier & Ives ‘Cheap and Popular Prints’
Currier & Ives described their prints as ‘cheap and popular,’ and while they’re still popular, they are hardly cheap. Prints that once sold...
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6.4K3MassachusettsMalcolm X and Martin Luther King Take a Freedom Trail Out of Boston
In 1951, Boston Evening Traveler columnist Walter Schofield began campaigning for the city to create a path taking pedestrians past milestones of...
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