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The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoBorn enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist,...
‘We were here before Fort Worth’: A struggle to preserve historic Black settlements
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoSmall but thriving freedmen colonies dating back to the 1800s have slowly vanished. The descendants...
Museum classifies Roman emperor as trans – but modern labels oversimplify ancient gender identities
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoWe must be careful not to misgender or misidentify people of the past – especially if our only...