After the Civil War, Rose Herera wanted more than freedom – she wanted justice. Early in 1865,...
Slavery
A virtual tour of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Originally published by Lapham’s Quarterly,...
What were the links between abolition and imperialism in East Africa? Originally published by Newberry Digital Collections...
States’ rights and slavery, while theoretically distinct, were in praxis intertwined. Here’s what a Jeffersonian analysis of...
To twenty-first-century Americans, the case against slavery may appear self-evident. However, nineteenth-century opponents of slavery faced a...
African cultures never existed in isolation—there was always movement, trade, and the exchange of ideas. Introduction Early...
There were moments in our history where both African-American freedom and Mexico’s independence were addressed in a...
April 1865 marked the beginning of a new battle for American abolitionists. On the same morning that...
“The first day I devoted to bidding a sad, though silent farewell to my people; for I...
Arguments made by eighteenth-century writers about the slave trade and contributions to those debates by freed slave...
Exploring how novel Oroonoko compares to other representations of race, slavery, and colonialism in the seventeenth and...
Who identified as “American” during the Revolution? To what extent did the American Revolution serve the interests...
Now, intrepid scholars are saving those parish baptismal records from war, neglect, and rot. By Paula Wasley...
Amistad captives were kept in a jail on the New Haven Green. For twelve-and-a-half cents, residents of...
The tragedy of treating people as property has left only scattered scraps to hint at their cultures...
“Alabama Fever” triggered a takeover by cotton planters of America’s oldest indigenous region. The Old South wasn’t...
Art historian Renée Ater reflects on how pain and reconciliation coexist at the Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery...
Charles V blamed the revolt on their radical ideology rather than the harsh realities of living a...
Reconstruction’s influence of and effects upon religion, education, industry, and taxation. Organized Religion Freedmen were very active...
The of the aftermath of the Civil War and the brief attempt to “reconstruct” the U.S. South...
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is the first monument to commemorate the over 4,000 African...
He considered it the most democratic of arts and a crucial aid in the quest to end...
Examining evidence that enslaved persons were involved in the construction of the original Smithsonian Building in Washington,...
The Electoral College may not have been expressly designed only to protect African slavery, but based on...
The 1787 debate over how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative...
Until now, Ashley’s identity has been unknown. Overview One of the most enigmatic objects on display in...
Exploring common misconceptions about slavery in the American colonies. While there are many misconceptions about this time...
Examining the diverse body of cultural artifacts against the backdrop of Mammoth Cave as a site of...
Exploring the history of post-slavery labor, the harsh conditions of labor camps, and efforts to end the...
Jefferson’s reasoning centered on generational sovereignty and timeliness. It is often acknowledged that Jefferson did much in...