The Last Cubs Championship
It Took One of the Craziest Games of All Time With baseball's All-Star game just around the...
Man is About to Mail Himself From Arkansas to Oregon
If Only Henry Brown Had a Computer Game... I couldn't resist this curious bit of news. A...
Remembering Our 51st State: Forgottonia
When Western Illinois Tried to Split From the Union Some have described it as our 51st...
The New Abolitionists
Going Out on a Limb to Stop a Fast-Growing Crime: Modern Slavery Miller McKim would never...
Slaves Without Masters
Free Blacks Lived on the Edge Between Slavery and Freedom When Henry Brown arrived in...
1989: The Year That Changed the World
Big Brother Takes a Big Hit in 1989 George Orwell didn't quite get it right. His landmark novel,...
Hats Off to Historical Clothing
The Clothing of Slaves Bloomed on Sundays Henry's face lit up when he spotted the mystery girl...
Boxed In
Slave Patrols and Passes Aimed to Keep Slaves Under Control Henry made his way north through the...
The Church From Below
How the Church Helped Bring Down the Berlin Wall With the last name of "Fuhrer,"Â he made an...