Tag: slavery
UofL events commemorate Juneteenth
Juneteenth, short for June Nineteenth, marks the day in 1865 when the enslaved persons in Texas and other southern states were finally free -...
UofL Theatre Arts student works with Locust Grove to bring story...
Research reveals some 200 years ago, enslaved African American women likely would have tended a distillery at Locust Grove, one of Louisville鈥檚 largest, most...
University Libraries acquires pre-Civil War piece advocating for emancipation in Kentucky
On October 26, the University Libraries invited donors to the Archives and Special Collections Gallery to learn more about a recent acquisition by the...