Richard CondonOct 28, 20204 min read"Free Speech, Free Men, and Free Home" - Pittsburgh's Wide Awakes in the 1860 Election...would the United States be a free nation for all people?
Richard CondonMay 19, 20203 min read"...our feet struck the sand of South Carolina." - A Pennsylvanian's Recollection of the Lowcountry.As the Federal government tightened its grip on Port Royal Sound in early November 1861, Confederates from Hilton Head's Fort Walker and...
Richard CondonMay 13, 202010 min read"Slavery is over, and shall never return again." - Martin Delany takes a stance on ReconstructionAs the American Civil War drew to a close in the spring of 1865, Major Martin R. Delany, formerly of Pittsburgh, found himself a...