Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J½ – J249”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J1019 – K314”.
Jan.–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J164 – Q9”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J2 – J278”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J2 – L202”.
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J250 – J489”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J279 – J523”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J524 – J775”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J776 – J1018”.
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J90 – J348”.
1870s - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA women’s jabot made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with machine-made bobbin lace bottom border and center panel insert. The lace motif is a curling stylized leafy vine. The fabric is pleated at the top and sewn to a plain woven rectangular…
1753-1784
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wooden jack plane. In relief on toe is [CE*CHELOR / LIVING IN / WENTHAM]. Below is another relief that reads [HR]. The stock has minor checking cracks on top of it. There is no striking button present, which may account for surface loss near toe.
Biography
Jack Sisson (c. 1743—1821) was an enslaved African American who sided with the Patriots and served in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolutionary War. Sisson was one of the key figures in the July 1777 capture of British General Richard…
1828–1897
John Henry "Jack" Yates (July 11, 1828 – December 22, 1897) was an American freedman, minister, and community leader. Born enslaved in Gloucester County, Virginia, on July 11, 1828, Yates was taught to read at an early age by his enslaver's child. He…
Dates not recorded
Jack York (fl. 1800) was a Canadian slave in the Western District who was alleged to have raped a white woman named Ruth Tufflemier after breaking into her cabin. York was arrested in August 1800. He was then tried for burglary, not rape; the trial took…
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Jacob Stroyer (1849 - February 7, 1908) was an American former slave who became a preacher in Massachusetts. He is best known for his autobiography, My Life in the South.
c. 1821–1891
Born in Igboland and sold into slavery, Jaja rose to lead a powerful palm-oil trading state in the Niger Delta before being exiled by the British.
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James Alfred Bowley (c.1844 – January 30, 1891) was an American teacher, lawyer, judge, school commissioner, politician, and newspaper publisher in South Carolina. He escaped slavery in Maryland with help from Harriet Tubman. He served in the U.S. Navy.
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James Apostle Fields (August, 1844 – November 23, 1903), although born enslaved in Hanover County, Virginia, became a prominent lawyer, educator and landowner in Virginia's Hampton Roads area, including serving one term in the Virginia House of Delegates…
c. 1748–1830
Enslaved at the time, Armistead gathered crucial intelligence on British troop movements for the Marquis de Lafayette, later winning his freedom by legislative act.
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James Pierson Beckwourth (April 26, 1798/1800 – October 20, 1866) was an American fur trapper, rancher, businessman, explorer, author and scout. Known as "Bloody Arm" because of his skill as a fighter, Beckwourth was of multiracial descent, being born into…
1810–
James Bradley (c. 1810 – after 1837) was an African slave in the United States who purchased his freedom and became an anti-slavery activist in Ohio. Bradley was two or three years old when he was enslaved and transported to the United States, where he was…
Born 1762
James Derham (also known as James Durham; May 2, 1762 – 1802?) was an American physician and emancipated slave who was the first African American to formally practice medicine in the United States. Despite practicing medicine he never received an M.D. degree.
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James Edward O'Hara (February 26, 1844 – September 15, 1905) was an American politician and attorney who in 1882, after the Reconstruction era, was the second African American to be elected to Congress from North Carolina. He was born in New York City to…
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