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Did the famous abolitionist Elihu Embree own slaves at the time of his death?
I was reading the first edition of The Emancipator, found here:
"THE EMANCIPATOR." Emancipator, 30 Apr. 1820, p. 1. Slavery
and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
link.gale.com/apps/doc/...
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Has old masonry been found with the bodies of slaves inside?
I was just reading the first edition of the The Emancipator on Gale's Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Database. One way to get access is through a Houston Public Library E-Card, which are ...