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Herman Melville in Prison: Captive and other audiences

Some prison libraries, it appears, didn’t need the “‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s” to tell them that Melville was worth reading; likewise for military, school, college and university libraries (and, not represented much here yet: private, public and club libraries)…. Continue Reading →

James I. Hall (abt 1822-1892) first African-American to be called as a juror in Rensselaer County?

James I. Hall (abt 1822-1892) of Lansingburgh signed a resolution in 1846 advocating for African-Americans to have the right to serve on a jury. In 1870 he was called as a potential juror for a trial. In between 1846 and… Continue Reading →

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