The Execution of Slave Trader Captain Gordon

EXECUTION OF GORDON THE SLAVE-TRADER, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 21, 1862. From History Net , "Hanging Captain Gordon," by Ron Soodalter, ...

Edward A. Pollard - The Lost Cause

"The Lost Cause"  --  Edward A. Pollard wrote the "new southern history of the war of the Confederates" in 1866. Below a...

Cotton Was King

From the New York Times Disunion , "When Cotton Was King," by Gene Dattel, on 26 March 2011 --  COTTON, SLAVERY, THE CIVIL WAR  --...

The Georgia Cotton King of California

From the  Los Angeles Times , "A land rich in lore, rich in cotton, poor in spirit: The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making...

Helen Keller: Freedom Fighter

Statue of Helen Keller in Washington, DC From the Jacksonville Times Union "South Wire: The forgotten Helen Keller: Socialist, anti-wa...