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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Remembering Western Massachusetts Civil Rights Advocates on this MLK Day
Western Massaschusetts has had a storied history of many civil rights and anti-slavery activists, including Soujourner Truth, David Ruggles, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass. All of these civil rights activists should be remembered and honored on this MLK Day.
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Fear of Slave Revolts and Secession
http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/fear-versus-fact Fear Versus Fact Donald Schaffer discusses the Southern fears that Lincoln’s election would lead to widespread slave revolts, and that this was a major factor behind the initial wave of secession.
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Western Mass Civil War Sesquicentennial 