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Selected Essays in Black History: Po' Sandy

The Goophered Grapevine Dave's Neckliss Po' Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt On the northeast corner of my vineyard in central North Carolina, and fronting on the Lumberton plank-road…

Hector CRAIG, Congress, NY (1775-1842)

CRAIG Hector , a Representative from New York; born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1775; immigrated to the United States and settled in Orange County, N.Y., in 1790; founded the town of Craigsville,…

James Yancy CALLAHAN, Congress, OK (1852-1935)

CALLAHAN James Yancy , a Delegate from the Territory of Oklahoma; born on a farm near Salem, Dent County, Mo., December 19, 1852; attended the common schools; entered the ministry in 1880; engaged…

Walt Whitman: The Return of the Heroes

The Return of the HeroesPart 1For the lands and for these passionate days and for myself, Now I awhile retire to thee O soil of autumn fields, Reclining on thy breast, giving myself to thee,…