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A collection of links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant today.

Though Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist to visit Ireland in the decades prior to the American Civil War, he was not the only one.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members

Church statement expressing ‘grief’ that members took money from plantation owners in 1844 condemned as ‘shameful’

For AJ Jacobs, living according to the founders’ rules cast a spotlight on the power – and absurdity – of originalist thought

A year-long celebration aims to start a new chapter for Belfast, forging better connections and conversations within communities through creativity and culture

In Manhunt episode 3, Stanton and Booth are heading in opposite directions as the aftermath of Lincoln's death emboldens former Confederates.

The award-winning British photographer has spent nearly two decades tracking down descendants of notable people and asking them to pose for recreated portraits of their famous ancestors. The post 6 Side-By-Side Portraits Of Black Civil War Heroes And Their Direct Descendants first appeared on Bored Panda.

Descendants of several civil rights leaders and abolitionists came together Tuesday at a Black History Month event hosted by the White House.

The latest institution to confront its colonial past, the RA does so to enthralling effect, using the art and its subjects – spanning 250 years, from Turner to Lubaina Himid – rather than the wall texts to shock and enlighten

This complex, nuanced show reckons with the past of the Royal Academy itself