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Slavery

Vineyard Gazette | Friday, November 27 1857 - 2:34pm

It is very much to be deplored that the subject of slavery in our country has become such a paramount interest in politics, as nearly to drive away from consideration other topics of general political interest, which the welfare of the country demands to be up for discussion. We ought now to take measures to remedy the present financial crisis and business embarrassment, and adopt measures to guard in the future against similar disasters.

Civil War

Slavery

Frederick Douglass

In Statue Debate, a Hurtful History Has the Final Word

A. Bowdoin Van Riper

The fiercest, bloodiest wars are those fought not over territory or a throne, but over a way of life.

Guns and Broomsticks

The story of her long life begins before that war, and there is a touch of mystery and interesting tradition in the very beginning.

From War Ships of the Past to Educational Beauties of Today

Skip Finley

The Shenandoah and Alabama were anchored just south of Harthaven one recent muggy, overcast morning and it struck me how innocent these famously-named schooners looked.

History Retold

The other day I was looking at a photo taken from Pam Clark’s old house of Shenandoah, at anchor in back of the Black Dog, and waxing nostalgic. Then today I read about Shenandoah’s namesake, and the original Alabama. I had thought they had been Confederate blockade runners, sort of romantic vessels.

Tales of Confederate Raiders Tied to Island

Mark Alan Lovewell

By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

The Civil War came perilously close to the Vineyard in 1863 and 1864, when Confederate raiders sank fishing boats and schooners all around the Island.

James B. (Jim) Richardson 3rd of Oak Bluffs, a respected historian, told tales about the raiders in a talk at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum titled The Civil War Comes to New England: Confederate Raiders by Land and Sea.

Wade in the Water of Civil War With Spirituals Choir Concert

Tatiana Schlossberg

For the Jim Thomas Spirituals Choir, the history is as much a part of the experience as the music. Tracing the evolution of American music through the Underground Railroad and the Middle Passage, Jim Thomas and his chorus sing a story of our cultural past.