Benjamin “Pap” Singleton and the Kansas Exodusters
"Pap" Singleton, the “Black Moses,” saw self-sufficient Black communities in abolitionist Kansas as the “New Canaan.” Between 20,000 and 40,000 African Americans took part in this movement. In 1879 alone, about 6,000 migrants arrived in Kansas.
Susan Stoderl
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Conqueror, King, and Disrupter: William the Conqueror, Part 4, Women’s Rights
William the Conqueror could also be called William the Disruptor, as he reordered women’s rights, the Church, social structure, the treasury, and forestry.
Susan Stoderl
Jun 24, 20252 min read
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way | The Inventive Escape of Henry Box Brown
Henry Box Brown, who was born in 1815, escaped from the Virginia slave owner who sold his pregnant wife and three children away.
Susan Stoderl
Aug 2, 20242 min read