Freedom for (Almost) Everyone!
On 1 August 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act passed by Parliament the previous year came into effect, abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire, with the exceptions of the East India...
Trivia Thursday: The Queens’ Vault
This Week’s Question: Arbella Stuart, who was once considered a successor to Queen Elizabeth I, was buried in the vault of what other famous queen? Last Week’s Question: Who was...
Triple Threat
Happy birthday to actress, author, and activist Fanny Kemble! This star of the British stage and slavery opponent was born November 27, 1809 into the famous Kemble theatrical family. Fanny...
Liberty!
[caption id="attachment_1812" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Richard Henry Lee"][/caption] On July 2, 1776 the second Continental Congress, sweltering away in Philadelphia, adopted the Lee Resolution, also known as the resolution of independence....