by Molly Wicker | Nov 7, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: MOLLY WICKER On November 7, 1837, Elijah Parish Lovejoy was killed by a pro-slavery mob while defending the site of his anti-slavery newspaper The St. Louis Observer. His death both deeply affected many individuals who opposed slavery and greatly strengthened the...
by Cassondra Murphy | Oct 19, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: Cj MURPHY On October 19, 1781, British troops surrendered to the American Continental Army in Yorktown, Virginia. This battle informally marked the end of the American Revolutionary War and answered the colonists’ call for freedom from the British Crown. However,...
by Megan Abrameit | Sep 3, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: MEGAN ABRAMEIT On this day in history, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery — a day he would later describe as the day his “free life began.” Frederick Douglass was born into slavery as Frederick Washington Bailey on a Maryland plantation in 1818. From there, he...