Connections Between the American and Haitian Revolutions
by Laurent Dubois
Understand the relationship between the Haitian Revolution and American Revolution.
Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to Freedom
by Steven Mintz
Read about Frederick Douglass from his childhood and youth as an enslaved person and his legacy as a leading abolitionist and equal rights advocate.
The Civil Rights Act and the Pursuit of Greater Freedom
by Charles W. McKinney
Read about civil rights protests in the small town of Wilson, North Carolina, in the 1960s.
Clarksdale: Myth, Music, and Mercy in the Mississippi Delta
by Shelley Ritter
Read about musician Muddy Waters, the blues, and the historical exhibits at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy
1744
Read an excerpt from a 1741 revolt of enslaved people, free Black people, and “Some White People” in colonial New York.
Slave Revolt in the West Indies
1733
This newspaper article recalls a revolt of enslaved people on the Caribbean island of St. John.
An African American soldier’s pay warrant
1780
Learn more about this pay warrant issued to soldier Sharp Liberty for his service in the Continental Army.
Nelson Allyn to Joseph Allyn
1831
Read a firsthand account of the retaliation against African Americans in North Carolina after Nat Turner’s Rebellion.
Commonalities and Differences in Maroon Communities
with Ana Lucia Araujo
Understand how maroon communities emerged and sustained themselves across the African diaspora.
The Palmares Quilombo
with Ana Lucia Araujo
Learn more about one of the most significant maroon communities in the Americas.
The Influence of the 1960s and 1970s on Hip-Hop
with Jeff Chang
Explore the importance of place and community on the development and growth of hip-hop in its earliest days.
Ayuba bin Suleiman Diallo to His Father
ca. 1733
Read a translation of the letter that helped to secure Diallo’s freedom from enslavement.
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