A Black Woman’s Story of Sacrifice and Survival
On January 4, 1861−one week before Alabama officially seceded from the Union−a 65-year-old freed Black woman named Sally Johnson, petitioned
Read moreOn January 4, 1861−one week before Alabama officially seceded from the Union−a 65-year-old freed Black woman named Sally Johnson, petitioned
Read moreIn the summer of 1854, a group of free Black men and women from across the United States met in
Read moreThis post is part of our online forum on Black Military Families in the Nineteenth Century. Like so many Civil War battlefields,
Read moreThis post is part of our online forum on Black Military Families in the Nineteenth Century. For many people today,
Read moreApril 24, 2022 to April 28, 2023 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting
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