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In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

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During the Civil War, Charles Henry Quander, a slave at the Hayfield Plantation, provided food to a unit of Union soldiers from Pennsylvania assigned to Camp Vermont.

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With its rich red Georgian façade, the exquisite Ranger’s House on the edge of Greenwich Park provides the perfect backdrop ...

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