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What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments

In a newly discovered letter, the famed abolitionist wrote that ‘no one monument could be made to tell the whole truth'

by Jonathan W. White, Scott Sandage via Smithsonian on June 30, 2020

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Who Remembers the Panic of 1819?

We haven’t built many memorials to panics, recessions, or depressions, but maybe we should.

by Jessica Lepler via The Economic Historian on June 30, 2020

Credit Bureaus Were the NSA of the 19th Century

They were enormous, tech-savvy, and invasive in their methods—and they enlisted Abraham Lincoln into their ranks.

by Sarah Jeong via The Atlantic on April 21, 2016

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