In 1879 he published his memories of his life under slavery. In the attached selection, he describes the departure of enslaved people who have been sold South.

Each summer, European tourists descend on Death Valley, following the alleged footsteps of a famed German author. It’s this ...

The Silver State is home to some of the country's most unique historical landmarks— this year, 12 of them are in imminent ...

Photography became a part of public life in the mid-19th century ... a sequential photo projector -- the zoogyroscope -- in 1879. With this device, Muybridge projected his photos to an enthralled ...

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Its influence didn’t end there: In 1879, the Canadian government sent lawyer ... “The temptation to return to their wild life, with the savage influences surrounding them, is no doubt very ...

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Michigan-based Mammoth Distilling has been on a mission to revive Rosen rye grown on South Manitou Island. That led them to a ...

French artist Jules Bastien-Lepage, who grew up in similar circumstances, used her start in life as the focus of his 1879 painting of Joan. It shows her with dirty hands and feet having abandoned ...

Established in 1879 and resurrected from the ashes of the infamous Chicago ... From ancient Egyptian mummies to meticulously preserved lions, the museum unfolds a tapestry of life on Earth. Traverse ...