Octavius Valentine Catto (1839-1871)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
Octavius Valentine Catto was born of mixed-race parents in slave-holding South Carolina. His mother, Sarah Isabella Cain, was a free..Read more
Octavius Valentine Catto was born of mixed-race parents in slave-holding South Carolina. His mother, Sarah Isabella Cain, was a free..Read more
Mildred Fay Jefferson was born in Pittsburg, Texas, and was raised in Carthage, Texas. She was the only child of..Read more
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Politics in the Middle Ages in Europe was a very complicated affair. One of the central conflicts was between the..Read more
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October 31, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. In the year leading up to..Read more
October 31, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. In the year leading up to..Read more
As discussed in the previous article, the principles underlying the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were built on ideas..Read more
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Frederick Douglass was a monumentally important figure in American history, whose story is not as well known as it should..Read more