Category: 1800’s
Fragments of the Past: The Exchange Buffet, Building a Business on Trust for 78 Years
Weeksville, Brooklyn: The Remarkable Story of One of America’s First Free Black Towns | Brownstoner
Some Old-Fashioned Christmas Paintings and Christmas Pictures for Art Lovers This Holiday
Mexico Once Had a Black President — But He Was Executed!
The cruel ‘Lash Law’ of the 1800s that authorized the whipping of Blacks twice a year
The Luxurious History of Pineapples (and Why They Used to Cost $8000) | Mental Floss
This ingenious slave literally mailed himself to freedom
The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst: The Grim History of January 1