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1 day ago · From 1821 to 1861, freedom seekers escaped from the Southeastern slave states of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to the Bahamas on a secret route called the "Saltwater Railroad." Prior to 1821, Florida was a Spanish colony called by historians, Spanish Florida, where enslaved runaways were declared free under Spanish laws.
7 hours ago · Wisconsin businessman Eric Hovde is looking more and more like a strong U.S. Senate candidate. For California. Records show the Republican banker paid nearly $7 million in 2018 to buy a luxurious hillside estate in Laguna Beach, California, with an unimpeded view of the shimmering Pacific Ocean.
MADISON — Wisconsin entrepreneur Eric Hovde today released two ads highlighting his work to save vulnerable children through the Hovde Foundation. Eric and his brother Steve started the Hovde Foundation in 1998 to support finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) through funding research.
1 day ago · v. t. e. Emancipation Memorial statue placed in Washington, D.C. in 1876. Abraham Lincoln 's position on slavery in the United States is one of the most discussed aspects of his life. Lincoln frequently expressed his moral opposition to slavery in public and private. [1] ". I am naturally anti-slavery.
