Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – R”.
1867–72
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – S”.
1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – T”.
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – V”.
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – V”.
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – W”.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – Y”.
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M3 – S58”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M374 – Y3”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M388 – R330”.
1839–1908
The grandson of freed slaves, Machado de Assis founded and became first president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, producing landmark novels such as The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas.
1833–1902
Madison "Mat" Davis (September 27, 1833 – August 20, 1902) was an American slave who became a member of the Georgia Assembly representing Clarke County, Georgia and the first African American postmaster in Athens, Georgia, after being emancipated. He was…
1951–2023
Maria Bernadete Pacífico (1951 – 17 August 2023), also known as Mãe Bernadete, was a Brazilian ialorixá, community activist, politician and quilombo leader. She was the leader of the Pitanga dos Palmares quilombo, an Afro-Brazilian autonomous settlement…
Biography
Mãe Judith (died 1940) was a West African enslaved woman who was taken to Brazil. In Brazil, she became a Mãe-de-santo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmɐ̃j d(ʒi) ˈsɐ̃tu], priestess) in the disaporic Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé (Portuguese pronunciation:…
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Maggie Pogue Johnson (1883-1956) was an American composer and poet. She wrote verse in both standard English as well as in the dialect and speech patterns of Black Americans at the time, which still retained the influence of their speech from when they…
ca. 1860-1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carved wooden bowl with pestle. The bowl is cracked and has been repaired with a series of metal fasteners. On either end, lip of the bowl extends out into handles. The pestle is a carved rod with large blunt ends.
1863
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn etched mameluke sword and scabbard presented to Capt. George T. Garrison by the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The steel blade is slightly curved and has designs etched on both sides. At the midpoint of the PL side of the blade [U.S.] is…
January 27, 1844
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis pre-printed and handwritten form is a slave manifest for the ship Fashion with a home port of New York traveling from Port Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama, dated January 27, 1844. The document is signed by the ship's owner,…
December 22, 1859
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA manifest of 118 enslaved persons transported from Charleston, SC to Wilmington, NC on the steamer Cecile dated December 22, 1859. The manifest is a pre-printed form in black ink on a 60” long sheet of blue paper, completed by hand in brown ink. The top…
18th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGManilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends.
Biography
Manuel Congo (died 6 September 1839) was the leader of the largest slave rebellion in the Vale do Paraíba region of Brazil. The revolt occurred in the town of Paty do Alferes, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. After an enslaved person was killed by an…
1849
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHandwritten manumission paper written in cursive in black in on white paper. The paper reads [I Charles Derickson of Nicholas County & State of Kentucky do herby emancipate & set free a Negro Woman Slave Matilda aged about 30 years & her child Cassandra…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA series of three joined documents relating to the manumission and enlistment of Vister Campbell and the subsequent repayment to enslaver Ann E. Thompson. The first document is joined at the bottom to the top of the second with brown adhesive. A third…
1863-1880s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite sized card with handwritten text of the Emancipation Proclamation. The text is on a sheet that has been pasted onto the card. The text at the top and bottom of the card reads [The Emancipation Proclamation of / Abraham Lincoln President…
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