Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1865–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Tensas, Terrabonne, Vermilllion, Washington, and West Baton Rouge”.
1864–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Terre Bonne, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana”.
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Terry Blade is an American singer-songwriter and music video director based in the Chicago metropolitan area. He has released multiple studio albums, including American Descendant of Slavery, the Album (2021), Neo Queer (2022), Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper…
1781
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA testament of pay for Revolutionary War soldier Edward Carter. Handwritten in leaning print on a small square rag paper, this document certifies Carter’s three-year military service performed, 4th Regiment, based out of the Town of Colchester. It is dated…
1866–67
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Testimony of Witnesses at Several Court Cases”.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound testimony of witnesses at several court cases covers the period 1866–67 and is arranged by case.
1866–67
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Testimony, Reports, and Other Records Relating to Court Cases and Complaint”.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound testimony, reports, and other records relating to court cases and complaints cover the period 1866–67.
Dates not recorded
Thaddeus Kenlock Sasportas was a state legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He represented Chester County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives. A document describes him as a slave before the American Civil…
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a photographic portrait of an enslaved woman named Delia taken by Louis Agassiz in 1850, shown in silhouette against an 1857 map of the United States. The map illustrates the populations of…
1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPaperback copy of "The African-Caribbean Connection: Historical and Cultural Perspectives" with 171 pages of text. The white cover has four red vertical lines on the left that end above a grey graphic of chained adults and children. Both graphics wrap…
May 1831
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGVolume one of The African Sentinel & Journal of Liberty. The journal has eight pages of articles, reports, stories, poetry, and advertisements. The front cover has a bold type header that reads: [THE AFRICAN SENTINEL AND JOURNAL OF LIBERTY.]. Above the…
1848
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHardcover edition of The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notes by Caroline May, published in 1848 by Lindsay and Blakiston in Philadelphia. The entry for "Phillis Wheatley," spanning pages 39 to 41, includes a biographical note and…
November/December 1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis November/December 1979 issue of The Angolite has a burgundy colored background cover with white text. A black-and-white photograph below the masthead depicts incarcerated men standing and digging in a waist-deep ditch. Two (2) men on horseback, one…
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “The back of the House of Slaves Museum, Île de Gorée near Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
April 15, 1861
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Bank of South Carolina ten dollar bill featuring a large sailboat at sea with smaller boats in the background. At the top above the illustration is the identifiying mark, [No. 451] on each side of the note. Two decorative circles with the number [10]…
October 3, 1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed etching with watercolor print depicting a bare knuckle boxing match between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb that took place on September 28, 1811. Molineaux and Cribb are depicted shirtless. The scene shows Cribb landing a punch on Molineaux. Five…
1853
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA book titled “The Believer’s Pocket Companion” (2017.78.3.1) and a small paper card (2017.78.3.2) owned by Marquis Peterson. The book has a brown cover with a gold lettering on the spine and a decorative design on the cover. The book is inscribed on the…
1860-1863
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet titled, “The Bible Views of Slavery Reconsidered: A Letter to the Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins.” The rectangular pamphlet has white paper front and back covers, white interior pages with black type, and sewn through the fold. The front cover has…
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis silkscreen print depicts a mother tucked in bed, holding a baby in her arms. The bed is on the right within an angular room with one window at far left, with a small table in the center of the room. Tall green strands of grass are visible through the…
1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis silkscreen print depicts a cluster of six houses on fire. The small white and brown houses are gathered at the top of a hill surrounded by tall grasses. Each house is topped with small yellow and red flames. The sky is a mottled grey. The image is…
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis silkscreen print depicts a man in a dark red coat on a white horse surrounded by soldiers. The man wears a black bicorn hat and has a sword at his right side. He faces the viewer as his horse throws its head back with its mouth open. The soldiers…
1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA first edition, octavo volume of The Case of Dred Scott in the United States Supreme Court with sewn self-wrappers. The title and publishing information are printed in black ink, centered on the front wrap against a plain background: [The Case / OF / DRED…
October 3, 1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed etching with watercolor print depicting a bare knuckle boxing match between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb that took place on September 28, 1811. Molineaux and Cribb are depicted shirtless. The scene shows Cribb landing a punch on Molineaux. Five…
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