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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/juneteenth-our-other-independence-day-16340952/?linkId=69197369

Juneteenth: Our Other Independence Day Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, American slavery came to an end and a celebration of freedom was born

On convict labor in the South and its legacy

One Man’s Quest for a Memorial to Sugar Land’s Bitter History Life in Sugar Land is sweet, particularly for the immigrants who flock to it in search of a fresh start and prosperity. Like much of the Houston metro area, it is among the most diverse, economically flourishing cities in America. Drawn to Houston’s booming energy industry, top-tier public schools...

https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/surrender-american-civil-war

Surrender in the American Civil War | History Today

Tony Horwitz is a big reason why I fell in love with history as a kid, especially after I read "Confederates in the Attic."

Tony Horwitz, Prize-Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author, Dies at 60 A Pulitzer Prize winner at The Wall Street Journal, he wrote the best sellers “Blue Latitudes” and “Confederates in the Attic” and seven other books.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-museum-speaks-truths-former-capital-of-confederacy-180972085/

A New Civil War Museum Speaks Truths in the Former Capital of the Confederacy Against the odds, historian Christy Coleman merged two Richmond institutions, forging a new approach to reconciling with the nation's bloody past

The anarchists in the Spanish Civil War chose Popeye the sailor as a mascot. "Eat your spinach to defeat the fascists, kids."

Stuff I didn't know: Popeye the Sailor Man's role in the Spanish Civil War During the Spanish Civil War, the anarchists adopted Popeye the Sailor Man as their mascot. He was sometimes depicted waving the red and black flag…

45 years ago today, Hank Aaron, an Alabama native, became baseball's all-time home run leader. Even though Barry Bonds would later technically break the record, I still consider Hank Aaron to be the HR king.

Relive the night Hank Aaron hit No. 715 in Atlanta - 45 years ago today On April 8, 1974, a record crowd witnessed Hank Aaron become one of baseball’s immortals at At...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/transatlantic-slave-trade-last-survivor.html

She Survived a Slave Ship, the Civil War and the Depression. Her Name Was Redoshi. New research suggests that Redoshi, who became a free woman in 1865, may have been the last living survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

https://earlyamericanists.com/2014/02/18/was-the-american-revolution-a-civil-war/

Was the American Revolution a Civil War? Tom Cutterham argues that by thinking about the American Revolution as a civil war, we might better appreciate the violence and uncertainty, the disunity and insecurity, that surrounded the collaps…

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/17/nile-shipwreck-herodotus-archaeologists-thonis-heraclion?fbclid=IwAR3U1Bl4CNUBOyZQ6gein0SDvTRQn7CYtciigHwb__nbmOT1NPClFuN1Mlo

Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years Greek historian’s description of ‘baris’ vessel vindicated by archaeologists at sunken city of Thonis-Heraclion

https://www.history.com/news/white-women-slaveowners-they-were-her-property

The Massive, Overlooked Role of Female Slave Owners Most Americans know that George Washington owned enslaved people at his Mount Vernon home. But fewer probably know that it was his wife, Martha, who

An excellent article on domestic conflict within the Confederacy between the Confederate government and the Southern men who did not want to fight in the war.

War Happens in Dark Places, Too In thick woods and swamplands and on small river islands, they bided their time.