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Freeman Colby Vol. 2, Episode 1: New Year’s Day, 1863

January, 1863: Writing home while on picket duty.

Posted byMarek8 April, 20198 April, 2019Posted in39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, HennikerTags:Civil War, Freeman Colby, Maryland, picket, Poolesville, Potomac, slavery, virginiaLeave a comment on Freeman Colby Vol. 2, Episode 1: New Year’s Day, 1863

Resolved

Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …

Posted byMarek23 January, 20161 February, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, politics, religionTags:1800s, abolition, alcohol, baptist, Milford, prayer, school, slavery, temperanceLeave a comment on Resolved

Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)

1838: Sandwich petitions Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia…

Posted byMarek6 November, 2013Posted in1830s, government, NH history, religion, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich HistoricalTags:abolition, congress, petition, sandwich, slavery1 Comment on Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)

Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842)

The famous abolitionist finds both prejudice and humanity in a NH graveyard: Douglass visited Pittsfield as part of a speaking tour through New England.  

Posted byMarek14 November, 20125 May, 2015Posted in1840s, graves & memorials, Pittsfield, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1842, abolition, Frederick Douglass, grave, moses norris Jr., Pittsfield, slaveryLeave a comment on Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842)

Daniel Webster on Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession

A career-defining speech on slavery and the constitution, given by NH native Daniel Webster to the US Senate on 7 March, 1850 …

Posted byMarek6 October, 201224 October, 2012Posted in1850s, Civil War, constitution, Daniel Webster, politicsTags:Daniel Webster, fugitive slave law, secession, senate, slavery, speech, us1 Comment on Daniel Webster on Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession

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