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A cradle of slavery on the York
When English colonists began settling on the south bank of the York River in the 1630s, enslaved black labor was the exception rather than the rule. African field hands and house servants were not only prohibitively expensive but notoriously hard to...
Tags: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, York County (Virginia), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, College of William and Mary, Lightfoot (York, Virginia)
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Ron Kaye: It's time for divisions to cease
In the dismal Los Angeles election cycle that mercifully concluded on May 21, much was made about the lack of women in high places if Wendy Greuel didn't win the mayor's race. Greuel herself played the gender card over and over, with pictures of her...
Tags: Elections, Local Elections, Bill Clinton, Labor Legislation, Wendy Greuel
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E.W. Jackson becomes focus of Democratic attacks on GOP ticket
From comparing liberals to slave masters and saying Planned Parenthood is worse than the Ku Klux Klan to calling homosexuals "sick" and "perverted," E.W. Jackson has given Democrats plenty of fodder for attacks. And the state Democratic Party has been...
Tags: Elections, Ku Klux Klan, Barack Obama, Environmental Issues, Ken Cuccinelli
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LETTER: Farmington's Underground Railroad Role
Regarding "On Path Out Of Slavery: Tracing the Steps Of Conductor Of The Underground Railroad" [May 19, Living], celebrating Harriet Tubman of Maryland: Let us not forget that in Farmington was an important station on that "railroad," with the town...Tags: Transportation, Railway Transportation, Travel, Robin Williams, Harriet Tubman
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Colum McCann on 'journeys by heroes'
National Book Award winner Colum McCann's ninth book, "TransAtlantic," is a fictionalized exploration of three historic journeys between North America and Ireland. He talked about his new novel, which hits bookstores on June 4, by phone from his...
Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Dublin (Ireland), Republic of Ireland, Tony Blair
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Adidas boss signals backing for "good guy" Garcia
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Golfer Sergio Garcia is a "really good guy", the head of his sponsor Adidas said on Friday, indicating the sportswear company would not drop the Spaniard over a jibe directed at Tiger Woods. Garcia was forced to defend himself...Tags: Chicken, Sergio Garcia, Adidas AG, Foods and Beverages, Tiger Woods
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The Confederate general From Pennsylvania
People who passed John Pemberton on the streets of Allentown must have thought him an impressive figure. This 60-year-old's lean, 5-foot-10-inch, ramrod-straight frame showed a positively military bearing. His finely tailored suits added to Pemberton's...Tags: Quakerism, Harry Trexler, Montgomery County (Virginia), Human Interest, Defense
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Easton man's ancestral search finds details of role of black soldiers in Civil War
From his childhood, the 58-year-old black resident of Easton has heard the tales of his family, a family that has called the region home for more than 100 years. Growing up around grandfather Aaron Good, he soaked up a plentiful supply of family stories....Tags: Battle of Antietam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Armed Conflicts, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)
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Korean women scrap meeting Japanese mayor over brothel remarks
ReutersOSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese war-time military brothels canceled a meeting on Friday with the mayor of the city of Osaka after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the brothels were "necessary"...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Shinzo Abe, South Korea, Osaka (Japan), Sex Crimes
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Virginia slavery took root in the rich soil of the York
Old Point Comfort and Jamestown may have the distinction of being the first places associated with the arrival of Virginia's first Africans in 1619. But it wasn't until decades later that slavery really took off -- and when it did it was the south...
Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Memorial Day, York (York, Pennsylvania), Arts and Culture
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U.S. Commerce nominee poised for swift Senate approval
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker on Thursday appeared on her way to becoming U.S. commerce secretary, after a top Republican lawmaker said she had answered most of his questions about her role in the failure of an Illinois bank...Tags: Penny Pritzker, Economy, Business and Finance, Labor Legislation, Barack Obama, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Garcia signs off with eagle as Kingston leads PGA
ReutersVIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia, embroiled in a racism row with Tiger Woods this week, got by with a little help from his friends on Thursday as he battled to a level-par 72 in the PGA Championship first round. South African veteran...Tags: U.S. Open (golf), Miguel Angel Jimenez, Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Golf
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