All posts tagged "stowe"
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6.7KMassachusettsSeven 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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5.0K1MassachusettsHarriet Jacobs, Enslaved, Tells of Her #MeToo Moments. No One Believes Her.
Harriet Jacobs, held in slavery, wrote a book about her sexual oppression that people didn’t believe for more than a century. Then...
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7.1K2Arts and LeisureSix Historic Buildings With a Clerestory
The clerestory window makes a lot of sense in New England because of the short, short days during the long, long winter....
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6.8K4Politics and MilitaryThe Civilian Conservation Corps, a Young Man’s Adventure
During the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old boy from Warren, R.I., enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He did it...
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7.2K1ConnecticutWhy 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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3.5KMassachusettsEllen Day Hale, Brahmin Bohemian, Paints Like a Man
Ellen Day Hale received little recognition for her art during her lifetime, but she did win independence as a new kind of...
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6.8K1MassachusettsJefferson Davis in New England – The Unlikely Campaign
Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, who would go on to become president of the confederate states during the Civil War, was no stranger...
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7.4K4ConnecticutHow To Make an Election Cake
Election Cake was a highlight of the Puritan celebration of Election Day, one of the important colonial holidays along with Commencement Day...
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5.9KConnecticutFrederick Law Olmsted Finds a Wife (But It Wasn’t Easy)
Frederick Law Olmsted had played the field of pretty, well-to-do young ladies in 1851 when he decided it was time to get...
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9.7K6New England PlacesSix of New England’s Most Famous Writers Houses
New England is dotted with famous writers houses, a testament to the Puritan ideal of literacy and the region’s many publishing houses....
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