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During the American Revolution, a wealthy French teenager was willing to risk his fortune and his life for people he …
Continue ReadingIn February of 1865, President Abraham Lincoln commissioned Martin Robison Delany as an officer in the Union Army. At the …
Continue ReadingActivist, politician, and poet Clelia Peronneau Mathewes McGowan was born on January 30, 1865. Although she is chiefly remembered for …
Continue ReadingOn December 16, 1762, the South Carolina legislature resolved to do no further business with the governor until he recognized …
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