All posts tagged "law"
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5.6KMassachusettsThe Boston Massacre: John Adams Saves a Soldier’s Life
On March 5, 1770, Matthew Kilroy shot Samuel Gray to death during the Boston Massacre. Kilroy had fought with Gray earlier, and...
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9.4KArts and LeisurePaul Robeson Moves To Enfield, Conn.
In 1941, the most famous black man in the world moved with his wife and son to a 12-room Colonial house in...
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6.5KCrime and ScandalThe Murder of Mary Bean, Pregnant Mill Girl
One spring day in Saco, Maine, Osgood Stevens, 14, was having trouble clearing debris from Woodbury Brook. He couldn’t dislodge a whitewashed...
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4.0KMassachusettsGeorge Scigliano, Lost Leader of Boston’s North End
George Scigliano won the reverence of Boston’s North End for vanquishing the money lenders, criminals and labor bosses who preyed on poor...
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3.7KMassachusettsWhen Elizabeth Cady Stanton Met Lucretia Mott, the Women’s Movement Began (Supposedly)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a skilled propagandist who sometimes creatively remembered events in order to make a point. Or, to put it...
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5.9KBusiness and LaborNative-American Slavery in New England
Native-American slavery began almost as soon as English colonists arrived in Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay. The earliest records date...
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