This week's open threads gave some detailed background on several black history facts. On this last day of Black History Month, I am going to highlight a current NFL player's ancestor's fight against slavery. When all else failed, black mobs sometimes prevented the capture of fugitives As kidnappers captured free and fugitive Northern blacks, intent on enslaving them, … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black History Facts
William Still
Tuesday Open Thread: The Underground Railroad
Good Morning POU! Today's feature on The Underground Railroad will focus on one of the "conductors", William Still. William Still was just a boy when he helped the first one escape. He never knew the man's name; only that he was being hunted by slave catchers. But in the years ahead, there would be many hundreds more. And Still vowed their stories would never be … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The Underground Railroad