South to Freedom atlas obscura

South to Freedom atlas obscuraA gripping and poignant (Wall Street Journal) account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the south central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border into Mexico, where slavery was abolished in 1837. In South to

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Tiny Blue thinks his papa is very wise and must know the answers to everything

As the Civil War lengthened and the casualties mounted Lincoln wrestled with one more paternal figure-God the Father-to explain to himself

Coming to Age reveals new truths

policy expert David Kirp issues a visionary call for renewing

Her selfless activities better her patients' lives and bring her immense gratification

But this is the child of prophecy

Not until the 1955 publication of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

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Gupta dramatically presents exciting accounts of how pioneering physicians and researchers are altering our understanding of how the human body functions when it comes to survival—and why more and more patients who once would have died are now alive

After witnessing the murder