At a time when diseases termed "consumption" were among the leading cause of death in the county, physicians such as Edward Delafi…
In The Poetical Works
Fitz-Greene Halleck was born in the old Connecticut coastal town of Guildford. At age 21 he moved to New York where he worked for nearly 4 d…
In An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the Afr…
Thomas Clarkson was one of the most influential abolitionists in England leading up the passage the Slavery Abolition Act in 1823. He wrote …
