1619-The first slaves in the British
North American colonies arrive
in Jamestown aboard a Dutch ship
1870-The Fifteenth Amendment,
granting voting privilages to black
men, is ratified
A stirring account ranging from the
earliest acts of slave resistance
and the rise of the Abolitionist
movement, to the establishment
of clandestine "liberty lines" through
the eastern and then-western regions
of the Union and ultimately to Canada.
ABC-CLIO
http://www.abc-clio.com/
Levi Coffin Quaker
in Ohio and Indiana
A brief story of Levi Coffin
Quaker abolitionist from
Indiana/Ohio
Mary Ann Yannessa
Friends United Press
