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This Day in History: March 9

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 9. In 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of a group of Africans who seized the Spanish slave ship La Amistad (The Friendship in Spanish) a couple of years prior as part of a mutiny. As previously mentioned, Congress abolished the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 alongside Great Britain. However, domestic trading within U.S. borders were still legal. Cuba was still actively sending captured Africans to other […]

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This Day in History: March 8

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 8. In 1782, 96 Native American members of the Delaware tribe are murdered by Pennsylvania militiamen towards the end of the American Revolution in Ohio Country. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, men, women, and children were bludgeoned to death as they prayed for mercy. The militiamen claimed that the group they captured was responsible for raids in the area; so far, this story is unconfirmed. This group in […]

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This Day in History: March 7

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 7. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell receives his first patent for a method of transmitting "speech by telegraphy", aka the telephone. Heavily inspired by the telegraph, Bell strived to make line-by-line transmission more efficient by introducing simultaneous two-way communication. Communication via telegram was one-way, and required knowledge of morse code. However, whoever invented the telephone remains disputed. According to archives, another inventor by the name of Elisha Gray was […]

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This Day in History: March 6

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 6. In 1836, the Battle of the Alamo comes to a bloody conclusion after a two-week siege from the Mexican Army. The volunteer regiment held at the garrison were unable to hold their own, having only 200 members compared to upwards of 5,000 Mexican soldiers. In total, 183 members, including the King of the Wild Frontier Davy Crockett, were killed as soldiers scaled their way up the fort's walls. […]

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This Day in History: March 5

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 5. In 1770, around 400 colonists begin surrounding British soldiers near the Customs House in Boston, MA. This was a result of the Townshend Acts in combination with the Stamp Act, which were a series of British taxes imposed on the American colonies to help pay war debts accumulated during the French & Indian War (or the Seven Years' War). The colonists began resisting against such taxation without representation, […]

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This Day in History: March 4

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 4. In 1789, the 1st U.S. Congress and House of Representatives convene for their first session under the Constitution. Certain rights had yet to be formalized into law however, such as checks and balances; acts considered crimes; and even the Oath of Office. It would take a couple of years for the two offices to agree on rules for this new government. Even the Constitution itself was a difficult […]

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This Day in History: March 3.

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 3. In 1820, Congress passes the Missouri Compromise: a bill dividing the slave states from free states. In this bill, Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and Maine as a free state to maintain an equal number on both sides. The Parallel 36°30′ North served as the main divider between free and slave states beyond that point, forming on the border between Tennessee and Kentucky. The act is […]

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This Day in History: March 2

Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 2. In 1807, the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves is passed by Congress. The bill effectively banned the international import and export of slaves to and from foreign countries. According to the National Archives, "a domestic trade in slaves persisted between ports within the United States". In 1836, Texas declares independence from Mexico towards the end of the Texas Revolution. While the doctrine bears a similar resemblance to the […]

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This Day in History: March 1

It's the first day of March! Here's a brief look back in time on this day, March 1. In 1781, Maryland becomes the final colony to ratify the Articles of Confederation, establishing the United States of America's first set of formal laws. At this time, the U.S. consisted of thirteen colonies. The doctrine created a "league of friendship" among the colonies, while also enabling each to be represented by a member of Congress instead of a population-based approach. The U.S. […]

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