Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1865–1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K – L”.
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K – M”.
1868–69
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K, N, O, R”.
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K – P”.
1865–1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K – R”.
Nov. 1866–Dec. 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K – R”.
1863–65
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K – W”.
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K½ – O27”.
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “K2 – L162”.
Biography
Kai Thomas is a Canadian writer from Ottawa, Ontario, whose debut novel In the Upper Country was the winner of the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. In the Upper Country is a historical fiction about the Underground Railroad, centring on a…
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Keith Sweat (born July 22, 1961) is an American singer, producer and songwriter. An early figure in the new jack swing musical movement, he is known for his collection of hits including "I Want Her," "Make It Last Forever," "I'll Give All My Love to You,"…
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Kellie Carter Jackson is an American academic scholar, author and broadcaster researching history of slavery, abolitionists, violence and black women’s history.
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Kelvin Harrison Jr. (born July 23, 1994) is an American actor. His career began with small roles in the 2013 films Ender's Game and 12 Years a Slave.
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Kerri K. Greenidge is an American historian and former academic. Her book Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter, a biography of civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter, won the 2020 Mark Lynton History Prize. In 2026 following…
2000s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOne (1) small nickel key for the locking mechanism of the rigid speed handcuffs, "Model 2103 Speedcuff," manufactured by Hiatt & Co. Ltd. (NMAAHC 2024.23.1.1). This is one of a two-key set and features an open ring base with a small straight end and…
2000s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOne (1) small nickel key for the locking mechanism of the rigid speed handcuffs, "Model 2103 Speedcuff," manufactured by Hiatt & Co. Ltd. (NMAAHC 2024.23.1.1). This is one of a two-key set and features an open ring base with a small straight end and…
ca. 1863
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSingle piece of iron with a flat rounded form at one end and a flat T-shaped form at the other; the iron shaft is twisted in between.
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA kitchen utility knife. The knife has an elongated blade with a straight spine and the blade is mostly straight but curves upwards towards the point. The handle is missing and the short tang is visible. The tang has a hole at the rounded end. Attached is…
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA kitchen utility knife with a wooden handle. The knife has an elongated blade with a straight spine that angles slightly downward towards the point. The blade is mostly straight but curves upwards towards the point. The tang is inserted into a slit in the…
Biography
Kitty Wilson-Evans was an American historical interpreter and storyteller. She was noted for her educational performances about the lives of African Americans who were enslaved at Historic Brattonsville. For that work she researched and created a character…
1850s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wood and metal cane knife with a curved wood handle. The blade is flat and curved into a hook. Blade is attached to handle by a nail and slightly curves around handle. Metal is coming detached from handle and is slightly corroded.
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGKnife (2017.108.23.29a) with a leather sheath (2017.108.23.29b). 2017.108.23.29a: A knife with a thin metal blade and a thick, dark, wooden handle. The knife is associated with (2017.108.23.29b). The knife blade is rusty and is mostly uniformly in width,…
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA knife with a wooden handle. The knife has a blade with a straight spine. The tang is inserted into a slit in the wooden handle and is held in place with two (2) rivets and is partially visible at the top of the handle. The handle is dark brown, squared…
Sept. 1864–Feb. 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Knox – Shelby Counties”.
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