Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1853
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe cabin is a one-story, two-room, rectangular, weatherboard clad building with an extended side gable roof which acts as the overhanging porch roof and a brick /masonry fireplace on the west elevation. The structure is a timber frame, meaning a heavy…
1862-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a black and white photograph mounted on a card of a man in a Civil War uniform holding a rifle. Standing at attention, the man wears an open, knee-length coat. The coat has an attached cape that reaches to the elbows. Under the coat is is a four…
1864-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a black and white photograph of an African American Civil War Veteran at 11th Indiana Monument at Chickamauga. Standing sideways in front of the monument, he is in profile to the viewer. His left leg is propped up on the base of the monument.…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia toned photograph portrait of John H. Scott. He has a full beard and is wearing a dark suit jacket, white shirt and dark bow tie. A handwritten note in blue ink on the back reads [John W. Scott Fayetteville, N.C. origin. Oberlin, Oberlin Ohio…
November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley. Crozley faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a book and a vase of…
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print cabinet card portrait of a woman identified as Amy Graham captured by photographer Robert Williams. The portrait image is oval shaped on a rectangular card mount. Graham is pictured from the shoulders up, looking directly at the camera,…
1885
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white cabinet card portrait of John R. Bell. He is pictured from the waist up and is looking directly at the camera. He has a mustache and goatee and is wearing a dark colored naval jacket over a dark colored necktie and white shirt. The jacket…
1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card of Thomas Peterson. Peterson is looking at the camera and wearing a three-piece suit with a medal attached to the left side of the vest. The medal was presented to Peterson in 1884 by the residents of Perth Amboy, N.J. in recognition of his…
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Caesar Lyndon (sometimes spelled Cesar, active 1761–1770) was a highly literate Black man enslaved by Josias Lyndon, known for his Sundry Account Book, a valuable historical record of life in Colonial Rhode Island. Caesar carried out Lyndon's business,…
Biography
Caesar Robbins (ca. 1745 – 1822) was a formerly enslaved American farmer and soldier who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. His legacy includes the Robbins House, a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts.
Biography
Caesar Tarrant (c. 1740–1797) was an American boat pilot who served as a patriot in the American Revolutionary War. Born enslaved, Tarrant's skill as a pilot aboard the Patriot led to his manumission by the state after the war.
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Caeser P. Chisolm was a South Carolina state legislator. He represented Colleton County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He provided testimony as a witness to injuries causing disability to U.S. Colored Troops veteran James…
1844–1925
Caldonia (or Calvin) Fackler Johnson (October 14, 1844 – April 7, 1925) was an American businessman and philanthropist, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into slavery, he rose to become a prominent…
1866–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Caldwell and Carroll”.
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Callie House (1861–1928) was a leader of the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association, one of the first organizations to campaign for reparations for slavery in the United States. She was prosecuted for her efforts to secure…
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Calvin Earl is an American singer, musician, storyteller and documentary film maker specializing in the history of African American Spirituals. His passion for the preservation of the spirituals led him to lobby for the introduction of twin resolutions (H.…
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Cameron Rowland (born 1988) is an American conceptual artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and acclaimed for its structural analytic approach to addressing issues of American slavery, mass incarceration, and reparations. Rowland graduated…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound canceled bonds ("Memorandum of Agreement"), 1867–68, are arranged alphabetically by district or county.
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tin candle mold for the making of four candles. The top of the mold is square. Below the square top are four tubes that gradually tapper to a point toward the bottom. Each tube has a hole at the end for a wick to be inserted. A handle is attached to the…
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tin candle mold for the making of six candles.. The top of the mold is rectangular with curved corners. Below the square top are six tubes that gradually tapper to a point toward the bottom. Each tube has a hole at the end for a wick to be inserted. A…
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