These trees were essential to the enslaved people’s labor, yet they also provided refuge and a path to escape,” Jones said.

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Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

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Many New Yorkers can attest to the countless hidden gems scattered throughout the city. Onedestination in particular, ...