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Interview: Congo-China friendship "is not empty words", says ex-Congolese FM-

For Babette Smith convict women were neither whores nor society’s victims, but individuals doing their best in very tough times.

For Babette Smith convict women were neither whores nor society’s victims, but individuals doing their best in very tough times.

Lancaster New Era photo by Richard Hertzler The monuments origins The monument was designed and carved by Lewis Haldy, a Lancaster Civil War veteran and local stonecutter. The monument is of gothic architectural style and the pillar and pedestal are made of fine-grained Rhode Island granite. Batterson, Canfield & Company of Hartford, reportedly the largest supplier of Civil War monuments in the U.S., manufactured the monument, and the construction of the monument cost...

If slaves were fortunate enough to be free in Texas before 1865, one truth remained constant: Freedom wasn’t free. State-imposed restrictions and denial of rights freely given to whites were denied African-Americans — even access to medical care.  “After annexation (into the United States in 1845), the state of Texas adapted even more elaborate restrictions on life of free Negroes,” said historian Dr. Alwyn Barr, author of “Black Texans: A History of African American...