Stan Foster

Independent Historian

Stanbery ‘Stanley’ Foster III, has worked for the State Of Washington for over 22 years in various capacities. He lives in the Olympia, Washington area.

(1868) Letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman

Rochester, August 29, 1868 Dear Harriet: I am glad to know that the story of your eventful life has been written by a kind lady, and that the same is soon to be published. You ask for what you do not need when you call … Read More(1868) Letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman

Wade Hampton (?-1917)

Wade Hampton was a Wyoming lynching victim. He was taken from the Rock Springs city jail by three men who attempted to hang him. When the hanging was unsuccessful, Hampton was shot to death on December 14, 1917, shortly after midnight. We know little about … Read MoreWade Hampton (?-1917)

(1926) Langston Hughes, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”

One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet—not a Negro poet,” meaning, I believe, “I want to write like a white poet”; meaning subconsciously, “I would like to be a white poet”; meaning … Read More(1926) Langston Hughes, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”