This past November, I posted a lengthy interview with local historian Matt Siegfried about slavery, the fight for emancipation, and the role played by Ypsilantians in that struggle. We covered an incredible amount of ground, but, as I still had a lot of unanswered questions, I asked him back. Following, as Paul Harvey would say, […]
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Exploring Ypsilanti’s place on the Underground Railroad: part two
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, History, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1850, A Woman’s Life Work, Abolitionism, Anti-Slavery Bugle, Canada, Civil War, David Gordon, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Elsie Hamilton, Fugitive Slave Act, George DeBaptiste, HP Jacobs, John P. Chester, Kentucky, kidnapping, Laura Haviland, Logan Female Anti-Slavery Society, Matt Siegfried, Nashville, personal liberty laws, Raisin Institute, reconstruction, Ross Wilkins, runaway slaves, slave-catchers, slavery, Tennessee, Thomas Chester, UGRR, underground railroad, Voice of the Fugitive, Willis Hamilton 18 Comments
What it’s really like in Michigan’s prisons
Last night, I reprinted a letter sent by a Michigan school Superintendent to our Governor, asking that his school be converted over to a prison. Given that we fund corrections better than we do education in this state, he argued that it would be in the best interests of his students. He was clearly attempting […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Other, Uncategorized Also tagged American Friends Service Committee, Baldwin, corrections, Department of Corrections, drugs, education spending, minimum required sentence, Natalie Holbrook, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, prisoner advocate, war on drugs 45 Comments