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Delany, duh LAY nee, Martin Robinson (1812-1885), was a black American army officer, physician, journalist, and social reformer. He was trained as a physician at Harvard University. He practiced medicine occasionally in Pittsburgh, but spent most of his time fighting against slavery. He worked for the Underground Railroad, a system for helping slaves escape to the North before the Civil War. He also wrote for an abolitionist newspaper owned by the black crusader Frederick Douglass. In the… More »
Civil War, American (1861-1865), took more American lives than any other war in history. It so... More >>
Confederate States of America was the name taken by six Southern states when they organized their... More >>
Copperheads was a name given to a group of Democrats who criticized President Abraham Lincoln's... More >>
Fort Pickens was a United States military post on Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, Florida. It... More >>
Fort Sumter was the site of the first shot fired in the American Civil War (1861-1865). On April... More >>
Monitor and Merrimack fought a famous naval battle in the American Civil War (1861-1865). The two... More >>
Proslavery movement was an attempt by Southerners to justify and expand slavery in America... More >>
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