Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1842–1890
Ellen Barnes McGinnis (1842 – December 12, 1890) was an enslaved woman known for being the housemaid to Varina Davis, the First Lady of the Confederacy. After gaining her freedom, McGinnis and her husband relocated to Baltimore.
1826–1891
In 1848 Craft and her husband William fled Georgia to Philadelphia, with Ellen posing as a white man traveling with his servant, and later became abolitionist speakers.
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Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark (April 14, 1823 – December 21, 1892) was an African American educator, abolitionist, and early Civil Rights activist, whose defiance of "whites only" social spaces has been compared to Rosa Parks' actions in the 20th century.…
1907–1988
Elma Johnson Stuckey (1907–1988) was an African American poet and school teacher. Her poetry concerned the lives of black people from the days of slavery up through the late 1980s.
2004 November 5
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGElmina Castle exhibit of trade in West Afica. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 61.
2004 November 5
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGElmina Castle view of exterior courtyard. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 62.
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oil painting the crucifixion of a young Black man on a tree. His body is positioned along the branches and trunk of the tree like the body of Christ, with each outstretched arm bound in multiple places to a branch and his feet crossed at the ankles and…
1870-1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA single piece handsewn dress believed to have been worn by the formerly enslaved woman Tempy Ruby Bryant and handed down through her descendants. The dress is composed of a brown and taupe colored floral patterned fabric. The pattern has columns of…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lithograph of the Emancipation Proclamation with text of the order in central oval surrounded by ten vignettes. The five vignettes on the left depict the lives of the enslaved, and the five vignettes on the right depict the lives of freedmen. Directly…
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Emanuel Driggus (Portuguese: Emanuel Rodriges; fl. 1645–1685) was an enslaved Atlantic Creole in the mid-seventeenth century in the Colony of Virginia. He later achieved freedom and land ownership, and founded one of the prolific free Black households on…
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Emanuel Fortune (January 3, 1833 – January 27, 1897) was an American shoemaker, farmer, and political leader. Emanuel was born to Dorah (Dora) Russ, the daughter of a mixed race enslaved woman and a Seminole Indian, and Thomas Fortune, an Irishman killed…
1828-1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGApron made by an enslaved person. The apron is off white and is starting to discolor from old age. The top of the apron extends out into a thin strap on either side. The straps are meant to be tied in the back. The bottom of the apron has scalloped edges…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed handkerchief. The square handkerchief is made out of a thin off white thread. It was delicately woven and has a decorative border with embroiderd dots, ovals, and scalloped edges. There are many holes of varying sizes on the handkerchief. There…
1828-1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA scrap of a cotton sleeve. The top of the sleeve is torn at a diagonal angle. In the center of the sleeve there is a pleated seem going around the front and back of the sleeve. The bottom of the sleeve has scalloped edges. Each "scallop" has a small hole…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital aerial photograph entitled “Emerald.” It features a remnant rice field along Folly Creek. The creek can be seen meandering along the middle of the photograph, with a small canal flowing parallel to it. The field appears deep green against in…
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Emilie "Emily" Frances Davis (February 18, 1839 – December 26, 1889) was a free African American woman living in Philadelphia during the American Civil War. She wrote three pocket diaries for the years 1863, 1864, and 1865 recounting her perspective on the…
Biography
Emily O. Goodridge Grey (~1834 – 1916) was an early Black settler and abolitionist who lived in St. Anthony, Minnesota. She is most well known for her role in the freedom case of Eliza Winston.
Oct. 1865–Apr. 1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound employee contracts, October 1865–April 1869, are arranged chronologically. The printed contracts usually give the name, race, station, and salary of the nurse or hospital attendant.
1866–67
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Employees – Pest House”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe employers' reports of time lost by freedmen, 1866–68, are arranged by year and thereunder alphabetically by initial letter of surname of employer. The few reports for 1868 are dated with the year only. The reports vary in both form and content but…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "Employment" register, July 1867–October 1868 (88), is arranged chronologically. The register gives the names and addresses of applicants for servants, the kind of help desired, and the wages offered. The register usually gives the names,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe two volumes of "Employment" registers from East Capitol Street Barracks cover the period December 1866–February 1868, 1 (90) and 2 (94). Volume 1 (90) is a register of employers, and Volume 2 (94) is a register of servants. Both volumes are arranged…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe two volumes of "Employment" registers from the Wisewell Barracks cover the period August 1866–August 1868 1 (91) and 2 (96). Volume 1 (91) is a register of employers provided servants, and Volume 2 (96) is a register of servants. Both are arranged…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe three volumes of employment registers, 1 (116), 2 (117), and 3 (118), cover the period 1864–65. Most of these records were created before the establishment of the Bureau. Volume 1 (116) is primarily a register of employed blacks. It also contains many…
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