Who was living with Abraham Lincoln in 1860? The question is more complicated than it sounds. A quick check of the 1860 census (via a subscription database service such as Ancestry or Fold3) reveals that in addition to his wife … Continue reading
Historical images of Henry “Box” Brown are not as rare as one might imagine. The nickname refers to a slave who escaped from Richmond, Virginia in March 1849 inside of box that was shipped to Philadelphia via Adams Express over the … Continue reading
Eric Foner writes in A Short History of Reconstruction (1990) that, “Four interrelated areas reveal the extent and limits of Republican efforts to reshape Southern society: education, race relations, the labor system, economic development” (p. 156). Students in History 288 … Continue reading