May 23: Maria Fearing

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2612 Maria Fearing James P. Kaetz, Auburn University Maria FearingMaria Fearing (1838-1937), a noted Presbyterian missionary, was born into slavery in Alabama. She financed her own education at Talladega College and worked as a domestic…

May 20: The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

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