As has typically been the case in the history of the American South to the this point, slave marriages are rarely recognized as legitimate by masters, courts or churches. Yet some exceptions do exist, at least in part, as is evidenced by a marriage ceremony that takes place this day at the May’s Lick Baptist…
In the North, today’s edition of Harper’s Weekly features a celebrative illustration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation, drawn by Thomas Nast. A family of former slaves is pictured in the center, with a portrait of Lincoln hanging on the wall. The past is illustrated to the left, and a hopeful future is envisioned…
This month has been tension-filled in the Northern city of Cincinnati, Ohio. For weeks, the Confederate Army has lurked nearby in northern Kentucky, poking and prodding for a way to effectively attack the Queen City located across the Ohio River. Today, the latest Confederate offensive in the vicinity of Cincinnati takes place about 15 miles…