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MR bills itself as "A Quarterly of Literature, the Arts, and Public Affairs." A key early focus was on civil rights as well as African-American history and culture; the Review published, among many others, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling A. Brown, Lucille Clifton, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Martin Luther King Jr. [3] Sidney Kaplan, a founder of the Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the ...
Massachusetts General Colored Association Notice, April 27, 1833 in The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper). The Massachusetts General Colored Association was organized in Boston in 1826 to combat slavery and racism.
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The 26th Continental Regiment (previously known as Gerrish's Regiment and later known as the 9th Massachusetts Regiment) was an infantry unit of the Massachusetts Line during the American Revolutionary War.
The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (1833–1840) was an abolitionist, interracial organization in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century."During its brief history ... it orchestrated three national women's conventions, organized a multistate petition campaign, sued southerners who brought slaves into Boston, and sponsored elaborate, profitable fundraisers."
Faneuil Hall (/ ˈ f æ n j əl / or / ˈ f æ n əl /; previously / ˈ f ʌ n əl /) is a marketplace and meeting hall located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts.
After Latimer's arrest word spread through the black community and a group led by Henry G. Tracy attempted to rescue him. They were unsuccessful. [4] Latimer's lawyer, Samuel Edmund Sewall, then sought a writ of personal replevin from Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, who was known to have strong anti-slavery views.
Barzillai Lew's story began with Primus Lew of Groton, Massachusetts (a former servant of Captain Matthew Bonner), and Margret Lew (a former servant of Samuel Scripture). ). As free blacks, Primus and Margret Lew married in 1742 and they had two sons and two daught