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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
Tattered Pages Discovered in Storage Reveal an Enslaved Man’s Daring Bid for Freedom—and His Second Life at Sea
Historians are investigating the haunting handwritten manuscript, which chronicles Thomas White's escape from slavery in ...
ABC13 Houston on MSN4d
Diving into history: National Geographic Explorer unearths slave ship stories in 'Into The Depths'
Tara Roberts - a diver, storyteller, and NatGeo Explorer - is working to bring these long-lost stories back to the surface.
Military.com5d
The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom
It was May 13, 1862, and Smalls did not hesitate, springing into action to execute his plan to seize the CSS Planter, a Confederate military cargo transport ship ... a former slave, sits outside ...
Richmond2d
Happy slaves? The peculiar story of three Virginia school textbooks
Among other things, "Cavalier Commonwealth," the high school book, said a slave "did not work so hard as the average free laborer, since he did not have to worry about losing his job." In another ...