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  • “The Scourged Back” shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863. (McPherson & Oliver/National Gallery of Art)

    National Park to Remove Photo of Enslaved Man’s Scars

    The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
    by Hannah Natanson, Jake Spring via Washington Post on September 15, 2025
  • Lincoln’s Forgotten Legacy as America’s First ‘Green President’

    Lincoln protected thousands of acres of California forest and wanted to restore the nation’s battle-ravaged countryside before he was assassinated.
    by Hannah Natanson via Retropolis on February 16, 2020
  • There’s a New Way to Deal with Confederate Monuments

    Officials in a number of towns and cities are putting up signs to explain the monuments' racist history.
    by Hannah Natanson via Washington Post on September 22, 2019
  • Aaron Burr — Villain of ‘Hamilton’ — Had a Secret Family of Color, New Research Shows

    The vice president is best known for killing rival Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel. But he was also a notorious rake, historians say.
    by Hannah Natanson via Retropolis on August 24, 2019
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