Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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Patrick Henry Reason, first named Patrice Rison (March 17, 1816 – August 12, 1898), was one of the earliest African-American engravers and lithographers in the United States. He was active as an abolitionist (along with his brother Charles Lewis Reason).…
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Patrisse Marie Khan-Cullors Brignac (née Cullors-Brignac; born June 20, 1983) is an American progressive activist, artist, and writer who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. Cullors created the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag in 2013 and has written and…
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Paul Jennings (c. 1799 – 1874) was an American abolitionist and writer. Enslaved as a young man by President James Madison during and after his White House years, Jennings published, in 1865, the first White House memoir.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of pay accounts for contract physicians, August 1866–February 1869 (82), is arranged chronologically.
July 9, 1815
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handwritten, single page document is a payment receipt written by B.D. Letty that states that he recieved of Mr. Edward Rouzee twenty-five (25) dollars on account of Mr. James Spelman, for "bringing a negro man from Turks Island." Letty questions…
September 16, 1829
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA one page legal document drafted by hand in ink by Richard Rouzee, Justice of the Peace for Essex County, Virginia, granting payment to Silas Goulding of Essex County for apprehending the enslaved man "Braxton," believed to be the property of Edward…
November 16, 1826
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis document is receipt for payment made by Mr. Edward Rouzee of the sum four (4) dollars and fifty (50) cents in full for the hire of an enslaved man owned by James Thomas for nine days to tread wheat by the estate of the late John Rouzee. The document…
March 14, 1807
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis document is a payment receipt for bonds of loan made by Evan Brown in the amount of seven (7) pounds ten (10) shillings, for six (6) bonds of loan, delivered to Mrs. Eleanor Lane for "support of a negro woman named Milly and her children, who are the…
September 12, 1829
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handwritten, single page is document is a payment request and receipt for W. Robert Hord for room and board provided by Mary R. Carter. The itemized accounting lists "Board of Lady, Self, Child, three (3) young ladies, and two (2) Servants." The total…
April 14, 1804
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA payment receipt for Mr. Edward Rouzee from Mrs. Mary Smith regarding the amount of twenty (20) dollars paid by Mrs. Smith for "services rendered to a negro woman belonging to said Rouzee." The document is signed in the bottom left corner by an agent for…
January 2, 1802
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis payment receipt describes the amount and method of payment given to Mrs. Apphia Rouzee by Mr. William Noel for "Negroe Hire" for the year 1801 and prior to 1801 by Mr. Evan Brown. A one page, single-sided document of faded black ink handwritten on…
January 16, 1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handwritten, single page document is a payment receipt signed by Daniel Farmer for the hiring out of an enslaved man, Lewis, by John Rouzee. The receipt is dated January 16, 1811 at the top. The document is written in black ink. There are no…
March 18, 1824
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis single page document is a receipt of payment made by Edward Rouzee to Eliza Noel for "attendance on negro woman named Janette belonging to the estate of the late John Rouzee." The document is signed in the bottom right by William Noel on behalf of…
December 23, 1823
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt for payment from Edward Rouzee to Eliza A. Noel for "attendance on negro woman Amy." Below the text to the right is the signature [her / Eliza Noel / x / mark]. Below the text to the left is the signature of witness William Noel. The document is…
January 28, 1813
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA receipt for payment by Edward Rouzee to Rosa Gray for "hire of negro man Cook the property of Gray in year 1811." The receipt is signed in the bottom right corner by William Noel for Rosa Gray. The document is handwritten in black ink. The paper is torn…
January 18, 1816
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis document is a payment request sent to Edward Rouzee requesting payment to John Pearson of twenty-five (25) dollars being half the sum charged for "your negro fellow's passage from Bermuda". The request is written and signed by James Spilman. On the…
1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHardcover edition of Pearls From the American Female Poets by Caroline May, published in 1869 by Allen Brothers in New York. The entry for "Phillis Wheatley," spanning pages 39 to 41, includes a biographical note and the poems "On the Death of a Young…
2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of the Great Pee Dee River in South Carolina. The river can be seen meandering through the middle of the image. Wetlands on either of its sides appear greenish-brown and the one on the left…
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Peleg Nott (fl. late 18th century) was an African American leader who in 1780 became the Black Governor of Connecticut, an elected office that nominally presided over the state's Black community, estimated at 5,885 people at the time. Although they held…
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA piece of charm jewelry, penca de balangandã, comprised of a metal main body, the nave, and nine charm pendants and typically worn around the waist with a strip of cloth or chain. The nave is a triangular shaped body divided into two parts horizontally…
November 22, 1787
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA newspaper with yellowed and brittle pages. The paper consists of a single sheet, folded to make four pages. The text is arranged in four vertical columns under a header that reads [The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. / Price Four-Pence…
February 20, 1788
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA newspaper with yellowed and brittle pages. The paper consists of a single sheet, folded to make four pages. The text is arranged in four vertical columns under a header that reads [The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. / Price Four-Pence…
Nov. 1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Permits to Ship Plantation Products”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound permits to ship plantation products, November 1864–May 1865, are arranged chronologically.
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