Historian Myers (Forging Freedom) delivers an illuminating account of the life of Julia Chinn, the Black wife of Martin Van Buren’s vice president Richard Mentor Johnson. Born sometime between 1790 ...
The deed to the house will be yours, free and clear, very soon. Once the mortgage is paid off, yep, the house and the land are yours. Follow the paperwork, and there are many things you can outright ...
Julia Chinn was the common-law wife of a U.S. vice president; bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver reminisces about her Kentucky childhood; Louisville artist Enid Yandell broke the mold for women ...
A portrait of Kentuckian and Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson by John Neagle. There are no existing images of Johnson’s wife, Julia Chinn. Library of Congress Library of Congress Recently on a ...
KINDERHOOK — Martin Van Buren NHS and Columbia County Libraries invite the public to join a discussion on the life of Julia Chinn, a remarkable Black woman who was the enslaved wife of Van Buren’s ...
Recently on a beautiful fall afternoon, my wife Liz and I visited Great Crossing in Scott County, looking (unsuccessfully, as it turned out) for the farm of one of Kentucky's more amazing, and largely ...
PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Caleb McCullough and Rylee Wilson What do you do when ...
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