The history behind slavery is a very dark history, from being chained, whipped, raped, and lynched. Some of that history took place in Columbus, Georgia. according to historian, Johnnie Warner who ...

Enslaved fugitives referred to the Ohio River as the River Jordan. It was a metaphor for freedom like the Israelites’ flight from slavery in Egypt through the parted waters of the Red Sea. Except the ...

Although “I Am Nobody’s Slave” takes the form of a memoir, Minnesota native Lee Hawkins’ book becomes something bigger: an ...

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The slavery era was a gloomy time in Surry County as it was elsewhere in the nation, but a “monumental” new publication is casting light on that topic locally.

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