Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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Aug. 1863–Jan. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Claims for Bounty and Back Pay”.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound claims for bounty and back pay, August 1863–January 1868, are arranged chronologically.
1869–1949
Clara Ann Thompson (1869–1949) was an African-American poet, teacher and civil rights advocate. Thompson was born in Rossmoyne, Ohio. Thompson's parents, John Henry and Clara Jane Gray Thompson, were previously enslaved in Virginia. Thompson's most notable…
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Clara Brown (January 1, 1800 – October 23, 1885) was a former enslaved woman from Virginia and Kentucky who became a community leader and philanthropist. She helped formerly enslaved people become settled during Colorado's Gold Rush. She was known as the…
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Clement Garnett Morgan (1859-1929) was an African-American attorney, civil rights activist, and city official of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born into slavery in Virginia and freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, he trained as a barber before moving to…
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Clifton Blackburn Prewitt (July 4, 1826 – January 1902) was an African American businessman, real estate developer, and farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, who had been enslaved in his early life. His name was also spelled as Clifton Prewett, and Clifton Pruitt.
Biography
Clinton D. Pierson (died January 13, 1870) was an American politician and businessman. Reared enslaved, he was emancipated during the American Civil War and became a leading political advocate of the interests of freedmen in New Bern, North Carolina. After…
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book titled Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a Tale of the Southern States written by William Wells Brown. The book has a green and brown marble patterned cover and a brown leather spine with gold lettering. The pages are yellowed and have…
2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital aerial photograph of remnant fields along a section of North Santee Bay, just south of Winyah Bay, South Carolina. Vestigial canals create patterns in the green fields in the foreground, while a strip of land in the water separates North Santee…
ca. 17th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGStrand of blue glass beads strung on natural fiber. Beads are of various shades of blue and various shapes. Beads are drilled through center. Note attached to string of beads reads, [African American History/European Glass Beads/"Cobalt Blue"/Circa 17th…
1860s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCoffee grinder from the late 1800s owned by a former Kentucky slave named Ms. Cornelia Wallis. The tool consists of a cast-iron hand cranked grinder mounted on a wooden box with a sliding drawer at the bottom.
1870s - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA women’s collar made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton gauze with machine-made lacework trim. The collar is made of gauze with the bottom edge trimmed in a scalloped eyelet motif. At each corner is a motif of a highly stylized floral leafy vine…
1830s - 1850s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCardboard coin collection box produced by the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society. The box is constructed in two pieces, a top and bottom. The top has a slot for coins and fits into the bottom. The box is yellow with black print, including a tableau on the…
1800-1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCollection of thirty-nine (39) small, oval-shaped amber beads. The beads are uniform in size and shape.
18th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Colonoware ceramic pot from Cooper River, Charleston County, SC (c. 1700-1800). The unglazed vessel has a rounded body with a rounded base. The vessel has a slightly flared lip and a narrowed neck. The top half of the vessel is discolored with dark…
18th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Colonoware ceramic pot from Cooper River, Charleston County, SC (c. 1700-1800). The unglazed vessel has a rounded body with a rounded base. The vessel has a lip that is tall and slighly tapered outwards. The neck is slightly narrowed towards the center.…
18th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Colonoware ceramic pot from Cooper River, Charleston County, SC (c. 1700-1800). The unglazed vessel has a rounded body with a rounded base. The vessel has a lip that is smaller than the diameter of the vessel’s shoulder and a narrowed neck. The vessel is…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA reddish brown photograph of two men aiming rifles to the left of the photograph. Both men are wearing Union fatigues, including kepi hats and appear to have a full complement of Union-issue uniforms. They are in matching shoes, pants, coats, belts,…
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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of ten novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017…
Biography
Columbus Jones (died 1869) was an American politician who was a delegate at Alabama's 1867 Constitutional Convention and served as state legislator representing Madison County, Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and died while still…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color lithograph depicting a map of Colombia in relation to the Transatlantic slave trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The continents appear as blocks of pink amidst the light blue oceans. Europe is a darker fuchsia than the other…
December 26, 1872
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA commission certificate signed by Pinckney Pinchback as acting governor of Louisiana, authorizing C. Morgan to serve as recorder for the parish of Pointe Coupée. The commission reads in black print, from top to bottom: [THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. /…
2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph depicting an old cabin in Brunswick, Georgia. The cabin is set amongst trees and foliage and has moss covered steps leading to a porch with a metal roof. The front façade has a partially open door and a single glassless window.…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of complaint summons sent, May–June 1866 (231), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a list of destitute persons receiving rations and a list of rations issued.
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