All posts tagged "plantation"
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4.1KConnecticutJames Covey, African Sailor, Helps the Amistad Captives to Freedom
In 1839, a young black sailor named James Covey held the key to freedom for 53 Africans who appeared in a Spanish...
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7.6K7MassachusettsCapt. Austin Bearse, Conductor on a Watery Underground Railroad
Austin Bearse sailed the waters of the southern coast of America between 1818 and 1830. The sea captain of Barnstable on Cape...
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9.2K3Business and LaborAustin Corbin, New Hampshire Robber Baron – ‘We do not like the Jews…’ (Pt. 2)
The following is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. In July of 1879, Austin Corbin...
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