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![]() Year of Jubilee back in printThe Afrolumens Project book, The Year of Jubilee (2 volumes), is back in print and available on Amazon. Updated with new covers, the volumes are at the links below. The Year of Jubilee: Men of God, available here The Year of Jubilee: Men of Muscle, available here New ItemsWhat does "Country-born" mean? What are pantaloons, castor hats and pistoles? Why would a captured runaway be put in a goal?
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On This DateMay events important to local African American history (see the whole year)May 1, 1837: The Friends of the Union Convention, also called the Integrity of the Union State Convention, opened at the Dauphin County Courthouse with about one hundred delegates. The purpose of the state convention appears to have been to ease the fears of slaveholders in the Southern states regarding the purpose and beliefs of Pennsylvania's citizens. (Read about how this state convention came about) May 2, 1837: Anti-slavery activist Thaddeus Stevens attends the statewide anti-abolition Integrity of the Union Convention in Harrisburg with the intent to disrupt and mock the proceedings, which he does. (Read about how Stevens disrupted the convention here) May 7, 1878: African American inventor Joseph Winters patents the wagon mounted fire escape ladder for the fire department of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, significantly enhancing the ability of firefighters to rapidly reach people in tall buildings. May 9, 1846: New England Abolitionist Charles T. Torrey dies in the Maryland Penitentiary of tuberculosis, just hours before a pardon from Maryland Governor Thomas G. Pratt reached the prison warden. In December 1844, Torrey had been convicted in Baltimore of aiding the slaves of Bushrod Taylor of Virginia and the slaves of William Heckrotte, of Baltimore, escape into Pennsylvania. May 17, 1954: U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education declares that the doctrine of "separate but equal" in public education is unconstitutional, setting the stage for the desegregation of American schools. May 18, 1896: U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessey vs. Ferguson establishes the doctrine of "separate but equal" public facilities for African Americans. May 19, 1925: Malcolm X is born in Omaha, Nebraska. May 20, 1861: North Carolina secedes, becoming the tenth state to join the Confederacy.
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