Tag Archives: Revolutionary War

The Belle of Chatham

With the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence being celebrated this year, this is the perfect way to kick off your reading.

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Twice a Slave

American slavery is a sensitive subject, and few people know that African-Americans were not the only people sold as slaves. Twice A Slave is about one of those people: Joseph Willis (1748-1854), a preacher who planted many of the first Baptist churches in Louisiana.

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