Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1863-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis albumen print mounted on textured paper depicts officers of the 23rd U.S. Colored Infantry. Four (4) large oval portraits of unidentified men in uniform are surrounded by nineteen (19) smaller oval portraits of unidentified men in uniform. Text…
ca. 1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print mounted on dark gray pasteboard depicting a family or group of unidentified people, likely sharecroppers, standing outside in front of a row of small houses. The unidentified people include two (2) adult men, four (4) adult women, and four…
1880s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA reddish-brown photograph of a woman with two children in Georgia. The image shows a small log house with a picket fence in front. The fence has a gate which is open. A tree is on the right side of the photograph. Behind the gate is the front door of the…
December 2, 1861 to March 10, 1862
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print on paper with a purple, reddish-brown hue depicting two adult women and seven children pictured, from left to right: William, Lucinda, Fannie (seated on Lucinda's lap), Mary (in cradle), Frances (standing), Martha, Julia (behind Martha),…
ca. 1908; printed ca. 1920
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA large albumen print of Harriet Tubman by Tarby Studios in Auburn, NY. The image is enlarged from an older print.
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print mounted on board depicting formerly enslaved men, women and children picking cotton on a South Carolina plantation. The laborers are spread out in the field, many bending down to pick the cotton. The women wear checked dresses and cloth…
1880s -1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA photographic print of conjoined women Millie and Christine McCoy. The photograph features the women standing facing the camera. They are wearing a long sleeved dress with a long skirt. The skirt has two layers of additional fabric in tiers that stretch…
ca. 1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA reddish-brown photograph of the congregation of St. Nicholas Church in St. Ignatius, St. Mary’s County, Maryland. The image depicts a large group of people standing in front of Saint Nicholas Church. The foreground depicts a dirt path leading to a wooden…
1977
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 33 1/3 rpm LP record album titled "Alex Haley Tells the Story of His Search for Roots" by Alex Haley. The cover of the album features a photograph of Alex Haley and text in the upper left that reads: [Alex Haley / Tells the Story Of His Search For ROOTS].
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Alexander Crummell (March 3, 1819 – September 10, 1898) was a minister, author, abolitionist, and academic. Born to free black parents in New York City, Crummell attended various educational institutions and was ordained as an Episcopal priest in the…
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Alexander Hanson Darnes (c. 1840 – February 11, 1894) was the first African-American physician in Jacksonville, Florida, and the second in the state. Born into slavery in St. Augustine, Florida, as a young man he served as a valet to Edmund Kirby Smith,…
1802–1870
Grandson of an enslaved Haitian woman, Dumas became one of the most widely read novelists in French literary history.
1770–1818
Pétion led southern Haiti as president and gave Simón Bolívar refuge, arms and support in exchange for a promise to abolish slavery in the lands Bolívar liberated.
March 14, 1812
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial and Political, Vol. XII, No. 3595, from Saturday, March 14, 1812.These four (4) pages printed on both sides of a bi-folded sheet. The front and back pages are exclusively advertisements. The interior pages…
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Alfred Francis Russell (August 25, 1817 – April 4, 1884) was an Americo-Liberian missionary, planter, and politician who served as the tenth president of Liberia from 1883 to 1884 after serving as vice-president under Anthony W. Gardner, whom he succeeded…
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Alfred Jackson (c. 1812 – September 4, 1901) was an African American man enslaved by Andrew Jackson who worked as his wagoner, carriage driver, and stableman. After emancipation, he became a tenant farmer, building caretaker, and tour guide at the…
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Alfred Peal was a farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Mississippi and was enslaved. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from Marshall County, Mississippi in 1874 and 1875. He was among the Republican leaders who…
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Alfred Richardson (1837?–1872) was a member of the Georgia Assembly in the U.S. State of Georgia and was the first Black representative of Clarke County, alongside Madison Davis. Richardson was born enslaved but was emancipated in 1865. He worked as a…
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Alfred Schmitz Shadd (c. 1869 – March 9, 1915) was a Canadian educator, doctor, journalist, and politician. Born into a family of black abolitionists and activists, he is best known for being the first black doctor in the Prairies. He was the owner and…
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Alfred T. B. Hunter (c. 1850-1918) was an African-American politician and farmer from South Carolina. He was enslaved at birth in Laurens County.
1842–1951
Alfred "Teen" Blackburn (April 26, 1842 – March 8, 1951) was one of the last surviving American slaves with a clear recollection of slavery as an adult. He was known throughout Yadkin County, North Carolina for his strength, size, and longevity. While…
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Alice of Dunk's Ferry (died 1802) was an African-American slave, toll collector, and centenarian who was "one of Black America's early oral historians".
June 11, 2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lithographic print titled, ALL SAILS FINAL, by artist Willie Cole to memorialize the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States, off the coast of Alabama. Printed on thick, deckle-edge white paper against a…
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Allen Allensworth (April 7, 1842 – September 14, 1914) was an American chaplain, colonel, city founder, and theologian. Born into slavery in Kentucky, he escaped during the American Civil War by joining the 44th Illinois Volunteers as a Union soldier.…
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