United States History

Joseph Kennedy - Grandson of Robert Kennedy The Kennedy Family Returns to the national limelight. Just in time. The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy responded last night to Trump’s warped and racist vision for America. Here is his speech. It is an absolute privilege to join you all tonight. We are here in Fall River, Massachusetts, a proud American city, an American city built by immigrants.From textiles to robots, this is a place that knows how to make great things. The students who are with us here this evening from the auto tech program at Diman Regional Technical School, carry on that rich legacy. Like many American hometowns, Fall River has faced its share of storms. The people here are tough. They fight for each other, they pull for their city. It is a fitting place to gather as our nation reflects on the state of our union. This is a difficult task. Many have spent the last year, anxious, angry, afraid, we all feel the fractured fault lines across our country. We...

The Clotilda United States Slave Ship Found In July 1860 The Clotilda, an African slave ship carrying over 100 slaves was burnt off of Mobile Alabama. The ugly story starts with a Alabama plantation owner bet a friend that he could smuggle in a group of slaves from Africa aboard a sailboat named the Clotilda. On their way back to Alabama with some 110 enslaved men and women from West Africa, the boat’s captain and crew started to worry that the authorities were on to them. The crew unloaded their captives under cover of night and ditched the Clotilda, setting it ablaze on the banks of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. In 2017, a reporter in Alabama may have found evidence of their illicit voyage for the first time. Ben Raines of AL.com relied on historical records which included the journal of the vessel’s captain, William Foster, and a newspaper interview given 30 years later by the expedition’s financier. A storm has revealed what appeared to be the burned-out wreck...