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5 days ago · In 1818, Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. After they both broke free from their owners, Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray got married on September 15, 1838. After becoming a free man, Douglass chose February 14 as his official birthday.
3 days ago · 1. The islands from Charleston south, the abandoned rice-fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. John’s River, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now made free by the acts of war and the proclamation of the President of the United States.
22 hours ago · Today is Thursday, June 6, the 158th day of 2024. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of ...
3 days ago · Jouett Rides. 1781 Jack Jouett rides to warn Thomas Jefferson of British attack. 3rd US President Thomas Jefferson. 1860 Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes. 1861 1st American Civil War land battle: Union forces defeat the Confederacy at Philippi in modern-day West Virginia.
2 days ago · Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave, a leader of the anti-slavery movement in the North, editor of the abolitionist newspaper The North Star and, after the Civil War, a diplomat for the U.S. government. This excerpt is from an address on West India Emancipation, delivered August 4, 1857.
3 days ago · By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twentysecond day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:
3 days ago · On the occasion of the month of his birth in 1818, let’s follow Frederick Douglass in NYC. Douglass escaped from slavery in Maryland and headed to Manhattan.
