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In 1860, Harriet Tubman fights to stop the arrest of escaped slave Charles Nalle  in Troy, New York. 

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Admiral Cockburn burning and plundering Havre de Grace, May 3, 1813 Courtesy Brown UniversityOn a beautiful morning in May 1813, the people of Havre de Grace awoke to a terrifying sight. Out on the bay were the towering masts of a British fleet, and rowing toward them were landing craft filled with Redcoats.

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Rear-Admiral George Cockburn When Rear-Admiral George Cockburn of the Royal Navy arrived in the Chesapeake in the spring of 1813, he was a naval hero of sterling reputation and a household name in Britain. He departed later that summer with a price on his head and the towns and farms of the Chesapeake in smoking ruins. This is how it happened.

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While imprisoned at Point Lookout during the Civil War, Lanier composed a haunting piece of music. 

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