A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Untold Resistance Stories

Advertisement for a fugitive slave in the Oppenheim (New York, 1824) (via Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, New York Public Library) A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Untold Resistance Stories

Oldest Known Portraits of an African American Couple, Found Under a Bed, Star in New Documentary

Franklin R. Street, “Portrait of Hiram Charles Montier” and “Portrait of Elizabeth Brown Montier” (1841), oil on canvas, on loan from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Pickens, III (courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art) Oldest Known Portraits of an African American Couple, Found Under a Bed, Star in New Documentary

In Photos Unpublished for 100 Years, the Joy of War’s End on Armistice Day – The New York Times

In Photos Unpublished for 100 Years, the Joy of War’s End on Armistice Day Men and women of all classes of society joining in uproarious demonstrations, cheering, singing and flag waving in the Place de la Concorde, Paris.” Dec. 12, 1918.CreditCreditÉmile Barrière/Photo Press Service In Photos Unpublished for 100 Years, the Joy of War’s EndContinue reading “In Photos Unpublished for 100 Years, the Joy of War’s End on Armistice Day – The New York Times”

Beauty out of pain: Canadian soldiers’ embroidery was therapy for the scars of war | CBC News

James Muth is known to have embroidered a yellow tulip for the altar cloth, but it’s unclear exactly which one. (Thomas Daigle/CBC) Beauty out of pain: Canadian soldiers’ embroidery was therapy for the scars of war | CBC News

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