This story has slipped by historians. Lear Green lived at 153 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD. In 1857 she had friends pack her in a crate and carry her to the nearby Light & Pratt streets, loaded on a ship, and shipped to Philadelphia. She was escaping slavery, and there would soon be a $150 reward [...]
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Carrie Williams Clifford, a Poet and Activist
Carrie Williams Clifford's poetry spoke to inequality; from the views of sexism and racism. The first book of poetry was dedicated to her mother, the second to Black people in America. She spoke of the need to “change some evil heart, right some wrong and raise some arm strong to deliver.” She didn’t just write [...]
