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‘Fear No Pharaoh’ recalls Jewish voices in debate over American slavery
Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...
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What was the Jewish record on slavery? It’s (very) complicated.
American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery By Richard Kreitner Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 416 pages, $32 The ...
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Scenes From a Reenactment of a Slave Uprising
Earlier this year, a group of organizers led by a daring performance artist donned 19th ... century. As Daniel Rasmussen writes in American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave ...
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A Massive Archive Tells the Story of Early African American Photographers
In the 19th century, photographic portraits largely ... In 1855 he oversaw the creation of a “Mammoth Pictorial Tour” of American slavery: a 600-yard-long panoramic canvas featuring painted ...
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19th Century American Poets: Whittier, Garrison & the Anti-Slavery Movement
19th Century American Poets: Whittier, Garrison & the Anti-Slavery Movement Posted: March 16, 2025 | Last updated: March 16, 2025 The film depicts the life of John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker ...
Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance
Here are three recent graphic novels that can help us to remember resistance against slavery. They follow in the footsteps of ...