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• Zumbi dos Palmares

  Zumbi (Alagoas, 1655 — 20 de novembro de 1695) foi o último dos líderes do Quilombo dos Palmares. Dia 20 de Novembro - Dia da Consciência Negra é…

  by mestrepaulao and others can contribute.

  Updated 09 Jul 2010 - 16,867 views this week (1,346,192 total)

  Contributions 1 image, 1 story

• Dr. Samuel Alexander MUDD

  Samuel Alexander Mudd I, M.D. (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883)

  by llighthse and others can contribute.

  Updated 29 Nov 2011 - 11,158 views this week (80,726 total)

  Contributions 1 image, 1 comment, 1 story

• Samuel Morgan LEWIS b. Jamestown, VA

  This is one of my GGGrandfth's, the father of John Henry LEWIS b. Portsmouth, VA. He also, joined the CONFEDERATE cause in spite of his age, due to the…

  by llighthse

  Updated 14 Nov 2010 - 4,151 views this week (152,575 total)

  Contributions 35 images, 8 stories

• Slave Rebellion

  Slave owners lived in fear of slave revolts, a fear which was far from unfounded: from the Amistad mutiny to the Underground Railroad, American slaves led…

  by bgill

  Updated 25 Dec 2010 - 3,502 views this week (133,369 total)

  Contributions 12 images, 3 comments, 25 stories

• Underground Railroad

  You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich.…

  by bgill

  Updated 21 Jan 2010 - 3,490 views this week (121,121 total)

  Contributions 44 images, 4 comments, 46 stories

• Footnotes for "Ancestors of Arthur Dwight 'Buck' Lackey"

  These footnotes correspond to the story pages "Ancestors of Arthur Dwight 'Buck' Lackey". The footnotes are arranged by family group number.

  by HilaryPerez

  Updated 08 Jan 2008 - 3,391 views this week (71,563 total)

  Contributions 35 stories

• Buddy Holly's plane crash site

  On Feb 2, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Booper performed at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Shortly after midnight, the three…

  by Edward1026 and others can contribute.

  Updated 26 Jan 2012 - 3,076 views this week (63,125 total)

  Contributions 19 images, 2 comments, 9 stories

• The Cherokee Trail of Tears

  The forced relocation of American Indians began with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In 1838 the Cherokee Indians became the fifth major tribe to…

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 27 Nov 2011 - 2,858 views this week (97,913 total)

  Contributions 10 images, 7 comments, 2 stories

• African American Patriots of the Revolutionary War

  In 1775, the citizens of the Massachusetts colony were setting course for a war that would decide the fate of a nation. ~Page One

  by bgill

  Updated 11 Oct 2011 - 2,661 views this week (96,471 total)

  Contributions 8 images, 37 stories

• FEMALE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS & SPIES

  Like most historic battles, the U.S. Civil War had its spies--men and women--on both sides. It was a hazardous occupation with few rewards.

  by bgill

  Updated 24 Jan 2012 - 2,588 views this week (111,094 total)

  Contributions 36 images, 7 comments, 28 stories

• Emmanuel O. LITTLE b. 1865 in Northern, Maryland

  This is one of the Grandfather's of Gladys Lavenia STONER-HANDIBOE, mother of William Roy HANDIBOE. This LITTLE, married a "twin" SMITH, as well as his…

  by llighthse

  Updated 11 Jan 2011 - 2,512 views this week (213,546 total)

  Contributions 28 images, 1 comment, 2 stories

• The Prohibition Era, 1919-1933

  Prohibition began with temperance movements throughout the United States before the Civil War. Alcohol consumption had become closely related with poverty…

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 07 Jan 2012 - 1,412 views this week (48,495 total)

  Contributions 28 images, 1 comment, 2 stories

• 1,648 Slaves in the Estate of Nathaniel Heyward, Charleston, SC, 1851

  The estate inventory of Nathaniel Heyward, filed in June of 1851, lists the names of 1,648 enslaved ancestors on 15 plantations in Charleston, Colleton…

  by Lowcountry_Africana and others can contribute.

  Updated 22 May 2011 - 1,348 views this week (139,568 total)

  Contributions 19 images, 19 stories

• Four Little Girls: The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing

  Articles and information from The Clarion-Ledger investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell regarding the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in…

  by historybeat

  Updated 20 Apr 2011 - 1,229 views this week (20,966 total)

  Contributions 1 image, 2 comments, 20 stories

• John W Creasy

  by Fold3_Team and others can contribute.

  Updated 01 Dec 2008 - 1,175 views this week (1,561 total)

• Female hangings 1632 to 1900

  It is thought that altogether around 505 women were put to death in the U. S. between 1608 and 1900. At least eight teenage girls were hanged. Hannah…

  by bgill

  Updated 13 Oct 2011 - 989 views this week (46,459 total)

  Contributions 2 images, 9 stories

• Fold3 Press Room

  The latest happenings about Fold3

  by Fold3_Team

  Updated 19 Aug 2011 - 867 views this week (92,440 total)

  Contributions 2 images, 38 stories

• Female Guards in Nazi Concentration Camps

  by bgill and others can contribute.

  Updated 24 Nov 2011 - 782 views this week (5,622 total)

  Contributions 1 image, 64 stories

• Brown vs. Board of Education

  After the Supreme Court ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the doctrine of “separate but equal” applied to all segregated facilities throughout…

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 09 Dec 2008 - 765 views this week (49,592 total)

  Contributions 14 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• Jim Crow Laws

  This site explores the impact of the Jim Crow Laws .

  by HeatherBlythe

  Updated 24 Oct 2008 - 702 views this week (43,114 total)

  Contributions 3 images, 1 comment, 5 stories