#Birdwatcher discovers M worth of ancient Celtic gold coins

#Birdwatcher discovers $1M worth of ancient Celtic gold coins

“#Birdwatcher discovers $1M worth of ancient Celtic gold coins” Christmas came in September for one British birder who stumbled upon a million-dollar cache of ancient Celtic coins while tracking a “dogfight” in the English countryside. The gold medallions — almost mistaken for an old machinery part — date back over 2,000 years to the age…

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#Burying Sir John A. Macdonald

#Burying Sir John A. Macdonald

“#Burying Sir John A. Macdonald” Mi’kmaq historian Daniel Paul believes that Sir John A. Macdonald’s days in the sun are numbered. Paul, 81, is the author of We Were Not the Savages, a landmark 1993 book that for the first time told the history of Atlantic Canada from the Mi’kmaq perspective. In the 1980s, Paul…

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#Johns Hopkins University reckons with history, reveals founder owned multiple slaves

#Johns Hopkins University reckons with history, reveals founder owned multiple slaves

“#Johns Hopkins University reckons with history, reveals founder owned multiple slaves” Johns Hopkins University heralded its founder’s abolitionism for nearly a century, but a reexamination of the school’s history recently revealed that Johns Hopkins actually owned several slaves.  “The fact that Mr. Hopkins had, at any time in his life, a direct connection to slavery — a…

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#Margaret MacMillan in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live

#Margaret MacMillan in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live

“#Margaret MacMillan in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live” Canada’s most distinguished historian joins Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells for a talk about momentous times—including the year 2020 What’s it like to live through history? Does a historian have any advice for the rest of us? Canada’s most distinguished historian, bestselling author Margaret MacMillan, joins…

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#Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner

#Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner

“#Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner” ALBANY, NY — A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence he was a slave trader and owner himself. “Not only did Alexander Hamilton enslave people, but his involvement in the institution of…

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