Richard Condon
"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?
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Richard Condon
May 19, 20203 min
"...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...
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Richard Condon
May 13, 202010 min
"Slavery is over, and shall never return again." - Martin Delany takes a stance on Reconstruction
As the American Civil War drew to a close in the spring of 1865, Major Martin R. Delany, formerly of Pittsburgh, found himself a...
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