Archive - History Not Told

Enslaved African American Women

Her fertility was an asset, her offspring a commodity

Dec 27, 2023 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

August 2023

Chinese Prostitutes in 19th Century California

Kidnapped and imported to serve white capitalist needs

Aug 18, 2023 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

March 2023

The Formerly Enslaved Woman Who Liberated A Slave Jail And Turned It Into An HBCU

Mar 6, 2023 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

January 2023

Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893)

19th century feminist, suffragist, lawyer, and first African American woman newspaper editor

Jan 4, 2023 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

August 2022

Elizabeth Freeman (a.k.a Mum Bett)

How she sued and won freedom for slaves in Massachusetts

Aug 5, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

May 2022

Buffalo Soldier

Who was Bob Marley singing about?

May 14, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

April 2022

Elizabeth Van Lew

The Top Union Spy

Apr 20, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

March 2022

Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx

Was Lincoln a socialist? Many people do not want to believe that Lincoln extracted any beliefs from Marx @historynottold #UShistory #Lincoln…

Mar 20, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

NATHANIEL BEDFORD FORREST

Butcher and Grand Wizard - the violent truth about his mythical life

Mar 7, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

February 2022

Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley

From slavery to the White House, Keckley was seamstress and stylist for Mrs. Jefferson Davis before the Civil War and Mary Todd Lincoln in the WH during…

Feb 12, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

January 2022

Lincoln Orders the Largest Mass Execution in U. S History

The Dakota 38 are hung the day after Christmas

Jan 26, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

The Osage Murder Conspiracy

Once the wealthiest people per capita in the world

Jan 6, 2022 •

Carolyn Edwards, PhD

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