Yale scholar devotes her career to the tale of two escaped slaves- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut
Yale scholar devotes her career to the tale of two escaped slaves- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut
The headstone said that he’d been born in Maysville, Ky. Then, in a moment of sheer happenstance, Frost came upon an account of the first racial riot in the city of Detroit, Mich., across the border. It was known as the Blackburn Riots of 1833, named after a fugitive slave from Kentucky named Thornton Blackburn.
The headstone said that he’d been born in Maysville, Ky. Then, in a moment of sheer happenstance, Frost came upon an account of the first racial riot in the city of Detroit, Mich., across the border. It was known as the Blackburn Riots of 1833, named after a fugitive slave from Kentucky named Thornton Blackburn.
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