Jermain Wesley Loguen opened his home to fugitives fleeing the South. He publicized this work openly, risking arrest or even re-enslavement ...
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will cap off its celebration of Black History Month by introducing a new ...
Harriet Tubman's historical contributions during Black History Month are celebrated, highlighting her escape from slavery and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The red square on this 1767 map of St. Croix marks where Danes believed the Maroon settlement was. Paul Kuffner/Royal Danish ...
During St. Croix’s time as property of the Danish West India-Guinea Company, roughly 10 percent of the enslaved population escaped and formed a hidden community in the mountains. To this day, ...
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American ...
JAMESTOWN — The foundation that oversees preservation efforts at Historic Jamestowne recently received a state grant that will help it better tell the story of escaped slaves who came to Jamestown ...
U.S. Marshal Asa O. Butman arrived on a Saturday night in 1854 and left, according to abolitionist newspaper the Worcester ...
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Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven't been found
"For a long time now, a large number of [escaped slaves] have established themselves on lofty Maroon Hill in the mountains toward the west end of the island [of St. Croix]. … They are there protected ...
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