The Gilder Lehrman Institute. Modules on American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Students at the Notre Dame School, New York, N.Y.

Recommended Document:

American Slavery As It Is by Theodore Dwight Weld, 1839

Related Documents:

Part I. Enslavement

Introduction: Enslavement

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=30

John Barbot, a European slave trader, describes the African slave trade (1682)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=31

Ayuba Sulieman Diallo, a Muslim merchant, recalls his capture and enslavement (1733)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=32

Olaudah Equiano, an 11-year old Ibo from Nigeria, remembers his kidnapping into slavery (1789)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=33

Venture Smith relates the story of his kidnapping at the age of six(1798)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=34

Part II. The Middle Passage

Introduction: The Middle Passage

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=35

James Barbot, Jr. describes a shipboard revolt by enslaved Africans (1700)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=36

Olaudah Equiano describes the horrors of the Middle Passage (1789)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=37

Alexander Falconbridge , a doctor, describes conditions on an English slaver (1788)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=38

Part III. Arrival in the New World

Introduction: Arrival in the New World

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=39

Olaudah Equiano describes his arrival in the New World (1789)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=40

Alexander Falconbridge describes the treatment of newly arrived slaves in the West Indies (1788)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=41

Part IV. Conditions of Life

Introduction:Conditions of Life

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=42

Solomon Northrup describes the working conditions of slaves on a Louisiana cotton plantation (1853)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=43

Charles Ball compares working conditions on tobacco and cotton plantations (1858)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=44

Josiah Henson describes slave housing, diet, and clothing (1877)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=45

Francis Henderson describes living conditions under slavery (1856)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=46

Jacob Stroyer recalls the material conditions of slave life (1898)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=47

James Martin remembers a slave auction (1937)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=48

Part V. Childhood

Introduction: Childhood

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=49

Jacob Stroyer recalls the formative experiences of his childhood (1898)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=50

James W.C. Pennington analyzes the impact of slavery upon childhood (1849)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=51

Lunsford Lane describes the moment when he first recognized the meaning of slavery (1842)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=52

Part VI. Family

Introduction: Family

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=53

Laura Spicer learns that her husband, who had been sold away, has taken another wife (1869)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=54

Josiah Henson sees an overseer try to rape his mother (1877)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=55

Lewis Clarke discusses the impact of slavery on family life (1846)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=56

Part VII. Religion

Introduction: Religion

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=57

Olaudah Equiano describes West African religious beliefs and practices (1789)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=58

Charles Ball remembers a slave funeral, which incorporated traditional African customs (1837)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=59

Peter Randolph describes the religious gathers slaves held outside oftheir master's supervision (1893)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=60

Henry Bibb discusses "conjuration" (1849)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=61

Part VIII. Punishment

Introduction: Punishment

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=62

Frederick Douglass describes the circumstances that prompted masters to whip slaves (1845)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=63

John Brown has bells and horns fastened on his head (1855)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=64

William Wells Brown is tied up in a smokehouse (1847)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=65

Moses Roper is punished for attempting to run away (1837)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=66

Lewis Clarke describes the implements his mistress used to beat him(1846)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=67

Part IX. Resistance

Introduction: Resistance

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=68

Frederick Douglass resists a slave breaker (1845)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=69

Nat Turner describes his revolt against slavery (1831)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=70

Part X. Flight

Introduction: Flight

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=71

Margaret Ward follows the North Star to freedom (1879)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=72

Frederick Douglass borrows a sailor's papers to escape slavery (1855, 1895)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=73

Harriet Tubman sneaks into the South to free slaves (1863, 1865)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=74

Henry ("Box") Brown escapes slavery in a sealed box (1872)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=75

Margaret Garner kills her daughter rather than see her returned to slavery (1876)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=76

Part XI. Emancipation

Introduction: Emancipation

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=77

Thomas Long assesses the meaning of black military service during the Civil War (1870)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=78

Jackson Cherry appeals for equal opportunity for former slaves (1865)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=79

Jourdan Anderson declines his former master's invitation to return to his plantation (1865)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=80

Rufus Saxon assesses the freedmen's aspirations (1866)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=81

Samuel Thomas describes the attitudes of ex-Confederates toward the freedmen (1865)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=82

Francis L. Cardozo asks for land for the freedmen (1868)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=83

Elias Hill is attacked by the Ku Klux Klan (1872)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=84

Henry Blake describes sharecropping (1937)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=85

Frederick Douglass assesses the condition of the freedmen in 1880

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm? id=86

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