All posts tagged "prison"
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8.5KArts and LeisureSeven Fun Facts About E.E. Cummings
Many school kids have a special affinity for e.e. cummings, who wrote about the circus and got away with funky punctuation, made-up...
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9.0KMaineRichard Cutts (Unintentionally) Avenges the War of 1812
With friends like Richard Cutts, James Madison didn’t need enemies. Though Cutts was the rare New Englander who supported Mr. Madison’s War,...
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18.0KMassachusettsAbigail Adams Attacked Thomas Jefferson As No One Else Dared To Do
In 1804, Abigail Adams attacked Thomas Jefferson in an angry letter unlike any he had ever received. No one else ever addressed...
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15.7K4MassachusettsJames Somerset, the Boston Runaway Who Ended Slavery in England
In 1771, James Somerset languished in an English prison ship that would soon set sail for Jamaica. From there, he would be...
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12.0KMassachusettsSeven Fun Continental Army Facts
Certain Continental Army facts are implanted in the minds of U.S. schoolchildren at a young age: How patriot farmers dropped their plows...
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9.9K1Politics and MilitaryLoyalists and Patriots: Mary Munro Sent Packing to Canada During the Revolution
During the American Revolution, Vermont was a battleground that pitted loyalists and patriots against each other, not just on the battlefield but...
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