On 1 July 1656, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin arrived in Boston from England, entering the Massachusetts Bay Colony through Barbados. It was a long journey for the pair, with Ann Austin leaving behind five children. With them were nearly one hundred books that they were..

Last month, ABC News aired the segment “The Hands That Built the White House,” which highlighted the life of Calvert Ambush, one of the enslaved men who assisted in the construction of the White House portico. Calvert Ambush’s labor not only contributed to the..