February is Black History Month and many Wisconsinites may not be aware of the deep history African Americans have in building Wisconsin. The hard work of slaves did not earn them the same benefits of their white counterparts and Black men were forbidden to exercise their voice through voting.
According to University of Wisconsin Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies Christy Clark-Pujara, Black history and Black people in Wisconsin predates what became the state in the 1720s. Black people in Wisconsin were brought in by French fur traders some were free, others were enslaved.
“You have small pockets of Black people so it’s not a torrent of people. We’re talking about dozens of people, hundreds of people and then thousands of people in the period that I study,” Clark-Pujara said. “It’s an experience that is both oppressive and progressive.”
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Black History of Wisconsin, Part 2: Breaking Chains
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This is part two of a four-part series exploring the history and struggles Black Wisconsinites have endured.
MILWAUKEE As the 19th century rolled around, Wisconsin was just figuring out its future.
Well, technically, Wisconsin wasn’t Wisconsin yet it was a chunk of land handed over to the brand-new United States. American settlers, including Black residents, were starting to flow into the future Badger state, seeking out land or opportunity.
These new residents would grapple with questions of freedom and abolition, civil rights and political power. Here, we take a look at how Black Wisconsinites navigated the 19th century in their young state and the lasting, sometimes contradictory, effects of the era.
12 prominent Black people from Wisconsin history that you should know about Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The history of Wisconsin can t be told without mentioning countless Black figures. From the first African slaves fighting for freedom to the modern day leaders of our time rallying the public to make change, Black people have carved a path and left a stamp on the Badger state.
February is Black History Month and a time to reflect on Black lives and Black stories.
Joshua Glover (est. 1810s–1888)
Joshua Glover escaped from Benammi Stone Garland s Missouri farm in 1852 and traveled by foot to Racine. Because of The Fugitive Slave Act, Garland was legally able to hunt down Glover and recapture him in March 1854. Garland and his men took Glover to a jail in Milwaukee with the plan of returning Glover to Missouri.
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As Donald Trump s impeachment trial begins, are Republicans headed for a split? The party s roots in Ripon could point the way forward
Sharon Roznik, Fond du Lac Reporter
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3:15 pm UTC Feb. 8, 2021
RIPON – The newly formed Republican Party spread like a prairie fire through rural Wisconsin in the 1800s.
Fueling the movement was the unique character of people who settled in and around Ripon, a community whose first citizens were idealists who lived in a commune.
Most of these settlers came from western New York, considered at the time to be a hotbed of political turbulence, according to William Woolley, a retired Ripon College history professor who studied the party s origins in Wisconsin.
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