Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1863-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen photograph carte-de-visite of John Hines, a formerly enslaved man and the cook of Company K, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Hines is seated in a wooden chair with his hands in his lap. He is wearing a military uniform which is unbuttoned in the…
1945–
Cecelia Tapplette Pedescleaux, also known as Cely, (born August 6, 1945) is an African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts, inspired by historians, other African-American quilters, and quilt designs used during the Underground Railroad to…
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Celia (c. 1835 – December 21, 1855) was an enslaved woman who was convicted of murdering her enslaver, Robert Newsom, in Callaway County, Missouri. Her defense team, led by John Jameson, argued an affirmative defense: Celia killed Robert Newsom by accident…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe series of unbound census lists consists of two items dated 1866.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume census of black citizens and register of bounty claims received and forwarded, 1865 and June–July 1868 (79 ½), is arranged by type of record. The first part of the volume is a census of blacks in Athens in 1865. The census includes the…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume census of people helped by the government at Fort Monroe, VA, is undated.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe two volumes of census of white and colored population of Accomack County, 1864, 1 (154) and 2 (155), are arranged under the headings "white" and "colored.".
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of census returns of the black population of Princess Anne County (403) is undated and arranged in five sections: Nos. 1 – 5.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe undated single volume of census returns of blacks in Montgomery County (137) is arranged by initial letter of surname of the person. The returns, however, are not arranged alphabetically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume of census returns of the black population of Montgomery, Grayson, Smyth, Giles, Roanoke, Craig, and Floyd Counties, 1865 (497), is arranged by county.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of census returns of the black population of Pulaski, Wythe, and Carroll counties, (494), is Undated and arranged by county.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of census returns of the black population of York County (511) covers the month of March 1865.
1839–1907
Cephas L. Davis (November 1839 – May 26, 1907) was a pastor, teacher and state legislator who served in the Virginia Senate after the Reconstruction era, from 1879 - 1880. He was born a slave to Cephas Davis and Annie "Frances" Davis around November 1839…
2015
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA basket created by artisans in Mossuril, Mozambique for ceremonial transport of soil from Mozambique to the site of the São José shipwreck in Cape Town, South Africa. The round basket is in two parts, a base and lid, and is made from worked plant…
September 12, 1840
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA ship certificate for the Brazilian slave ship the Convenção, captained by Joaquin Antonio da Corta. A single page certificate document with writing on the recto in brown ink by three different hands, in both Spanish and Portuguese. At the top left are…
June 6, 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA single page certificate of enlistment for the formerly enslaved man Tilghman Detter and payment for Detter to William Thompson of R. by the state of Maryland. The form is printed in black ink and completed by hand in brown ink. At the top in bold and…
May 10, 1852
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCertificate of Freedom for Joseph Trammell. Handwritten in black ink on white paper, the document is labeled at the top as "No. 1952." The document includes a detailed description of Mr. Trammell. It also includes that his freedom was proven by the oath of…
April 27, 1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCertificate of freedom for Peter Garretson, issued by the City & County of New York and signed by Alderman Peter Mesier on April 27, 1811. It has black ink on off-white paper. Standard legal text is printed, while details pertaining to the specific…
1814
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPaperwork certifying the free status of Thomas Chambers. A single pre-printed page completed and signed by Henry Smith, witness to Chambers' free status, and Alderman and Judge Peter McCarter. Chambers is listed as having been born in Chestertown, Maryland…
June–Aug. 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Certificates of Destitution”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound certificates of destitution, June–August 1866, are arranged chronologically.
Feb.–Sept. 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound certificates of destitution for the issuance of rations, February–September 1867, are arranged chronologically.
Mar. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Certificates Permitting Occupation and Cultivation of Plantations”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound certificates permitting occupation and cultivation of plantations, March 1865, are arranged numerically.
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