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Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

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Exeter LitFest aims to shine a spotlight on local talent in the Exeter area, as well as bring in featured authors and poets.

PITTSBURGH–As the Civil War was raging, thousands of American readers would wait to get news on the conflict every seven days from Harper’s Weekly, then the most widely-read periodical in the United ...

To reach Harriet Tubman’s father’s homesite, you have to drive 100 miles southeast from Baltimore to the end of Harrisville Road on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and hope the overflowing ditches don’t ...