1852

1-May

Calamity Jane (Frontiers woman)

17-Apr

Cap Anson (Baseball player)

29-Dec

Emma Snodgrass was arrested by Boston police for wearing a pair of pants, an act expressly prohibited by the city’s “anti-vagrancy” laws.

3-Aug

America’s first intercollegiate sporting event took place as the Harvard heavyweight rowing crew beat Yale by 2 lengths over 2 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee, New

5-Jul

Frederick Douglass, a fugitive slave, delivered his “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech to the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society at Corinthian Hall

20-Mar

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel about slavery, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was published.

13-Mar

“Uncle Sam” made his debut as a cartoon character in the New York “Lantern.”

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Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell