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    Sketches of Northampton Abolitionists

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    Long ago dubbed the “Paradise of America,” Northampton, Massachusetts, is also known as the home of visionaries—from the Reverend Jonathan Edwards, father of the First Great Awakening, to George W. Benson, brother-in-law of William Lloyd Garrison and a founder of the utopian Northampton Association for Education and Industry. During the mid-nineteenth century the town became a center of political ... Read more

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  • "Chaotic Freedom" in Civil War Louisiana

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    "Chaotic Freedom" is the story of two men transformed for the better through the Civil War. It is also the biography of an iconic photograph. The men are printer and newspaper publisher Henry S. Gere and currier and carpenter Marshall S. Stearns, both from western Massachusetts. The photograph they eventually collaborated to produce became the Civil War emblem featured in Harper's: the carte de ... Read more

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    How the science of epigenetics reveals that we're wired for natural happiness—includes a 28-day plan to create a biological cascade of well-being.Happiness Genes explores the surprising link between science and spirituality—and makes it clear that happiness can't be bought. It's actually at our fingertips—or more precisely, in our DNA.The new science of epigenetics reveals that there are reserves ... Read more

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  • Labor Histories

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