The last in a three part series on Old Salem’s Hidden Town Project, which explores the lives of enslaved African Americans in Salem.
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It is impossible to tell the Salem’s story without the narratives of enslaved blacks and freemen like Peter Oliver, Johann Samuel and countless others.
Independence and Freedom. What’s the difference? Simple – because you are independent, are you free? Are you free to command your own self-worthiness and proclaim who you really are? Are you
The emancipation of slaves and its vast impact was the crux of a symposium held last week at Winston-Salem State University and Wake Forest University. “Lay My Burden Down” was
Historian Joseph McGill is sleeping in slave cabins throughout the East Coast, and he’s coming to Historic Stagville for his
The struggles and triumphs of African-Americans, past and present, were celebrated Saturday at the annual Triad Juneteenth Africana Festival at
