Lulu Brown was born at Grizzly, Oregon, on June 27, 1884. Her parents were Sampson and Elizabeth “Bettie” Ross Brown. There were several siblings in her family. Lulu grew up […] ...
Jacob Francis, a free Black man from Amwell Township, fought in the Revolutionary War and overcame racism to become a ...
On Jan. 25, 1786, Rufus Putnam and Benjamin Tupper started promoting the idea of forming the Ohio Company in order to settle ...
Historians say pinpointing the first escape is really hard to nail down, and a lot of stories from enslaved people aren't ...