Spotlight on: Primary Source Henry Knox on the British invasion of New York, 1776 When twenty-six-year-old Henry Knox, the Continental Army’s artillery commander, penned this letter to his wife, Lucy, on July 8, 1776, patriot morale was at a low point. The summer of 1776 was a particularly hard time as word of...
Spotlight on: Primary Source A family torn apart by war, 1777 The Revolutionary War divided families. In 1774, eighteen-year-old Lucy Flucker married twenty-four-year-old Henry Knox. Lucy’s parents were powerful, wealthy Tories, and they were not happy with the match. Henry Knox was the son of...
News The Frederick Douglass Book Prize Ceremony Features Many Firsts The 20th Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize was awarded on February 28, 2019, at the Yale Club in New York City. For the first time in the history of the award, two African American women were selected as co-winners—Erica Armstrong...