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Posts Tagged ‘Harriet Newby’

Harriet Newby’s “One Bright Hope”

By Gene Meyer | August 15, 2023 | 3

“I want you to buy me as soon as possible, for if you do not get me some body else will,” Harriet, an enslaved house servant,  wrote on this day…

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Dangerfield and Harriet Newby: Hidden Figures No More

By Gene Meyer | April 21, 2021 | 4

In my book FIVE FOR FREEDOM: The African Americans in John Brown’s Army, I highlight the tragic love story of Harriet and Dangerfield Newby with a chapter titled “One Bright…

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