After George Washington forced the British to evacuate Boston, he marched his army to New York City to defend that city from an expected British attack. Washington had 20,000 men whose main characteristic was indiscipline. It should have been obvious that these soldiers could not stand up to the Read more
Over several centuries it is estimated that 12 million slaves made the Middle Passage from Africa to the Americas. Around 1.5 million died on the voyage due to mistreatment. A Spanish slave trader named Pedro Blanco had a fort on the coast of Sierra Leone where he acquired slaves Read more
Elizabeth “Lee” Miller was born on April 23, 1907. She had a bizarre childhood. She was raped at age 7 and contracted a venereal disease. Her father was an amateur photographer who used her as his model. Some of the pictures were of her nude. She was expelled from Read more