Decades before abolition, enslaved people sued for their freedom in court and won. But today, the only freedom suit most people are familiar with is the case of Dred Scott. So why don’t we know more about these early lawsuits? From Massachusetts to Missouri, the history of freedom suits is […]
Was Peggy Shippen the real mastermind behind Benedict Arnold’s betrayal? Peggy successfully fooled the most powerful men in America, including George Washington, into believing she was just an innocent and naive creature. It wasn’t until 150 years later that her role in the plot was discovered, when pages of secret […]
Deep in the Great Dismal Swamp, thousands of Black people created a hidden free society, one that defied slavery for centuries. This is the story of the rebels who turned a swamp into a sanctuary. This episode of In The Margins is part of PBS’ America@250 collection, celebrating the country’s […]
In the 1760s, powerful men in the American colonies were in danger. The working class people beneath them were sick of the corruption and bullying, and were ready to rebel. All they needed was a ferocious leader willing to take on the fight. Herman Husband was an enigma. Though a […]
We’ve been learning about the 13 colonies all our lives, so why did no one think to mention the British Caribbean colonies? And why didn’t these colonies join the American Revolution? The answer has a lot to do with slavery. ***** Check out The Story in Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWisXIT2Y8o ***** This […]
Immigrant and Vermont congressman Matthew Lyon was in jail when he was reelected. Not for the fight he started in the halls of Congress but for his willingness to criticize the relatively new government of the United States. For the first time in American history, freedom of speech was up […]
If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://ForThePeople.com/PBS In the 1800s, a powerful coalition of politicians, enslavers, and even some abolitionists backed a radical idea: send free Black […]
In 1780, Congress listened to a message from across the world describing how the Muslim rulers of The Kingdom of Mysore in …
Take the 2023 PBS Survey: https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023p The details of Walter Loving’s complicated double life remained classified for over 60 years. Born to formerly enslaved parents, he became a famous band conductor and an advocate for Black Americans. When the U.S. military grew paranoid that Black Americans were colluding with German […]
Check out The Bigger Picture from @PBS https://youtu.be/Wnr4RJxDifw Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani American teenager named Kamala Khan, is the latest superhero to join the Marvel Universe. Her superpower? Family bangles that carry the strength and power of intergenerational knowledge passed down by her grandmother from Pakistan. But a lot of […]
