Emigration, Anti-Emigration, and Transatlantic Abolitionism
with Nemata Blyden
Learn more about the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the Civil War on emigration.
James Forten, Sailmaker
by Julie Winch
Read about James Forten, an African American craftsman and businessman in nineteenth-century Philadelphia who employed an integrated workforce.
Beyond the Battlefield: African American Contributions to the Civil War
with Elizabeth R. Varon
Learn more about the men, women, and children who contributed to the war effort through various means.
African Americans and the Civil War
with Elizabeth R. Varon
Learn more about free and enslaved Africans’ contributions to the Union war effort.
Generations in Captivity: Slavery in America
with Ira Berlin
Understand how the interplay of regional and generational factors shaped the development of slavery in the antebellum United States.
Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family Story of Slavery and Freedom
with Matthew Pinsker
Learn about the family that brought the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) case to the Supreme Court.
Race and the American Constitution: A Struggle Toward National Ideals
by James Oliver Horton
Read how both pro-slavery and anti-slavery movements used the Constitution to promote their beliefs.
The Origins of Slavery
by Ira Berlin
Gain a greater understanding of the slave trade and the forced migration and diaspora of Africans.
Mutual Assistance: Building Black Community Life in Freedom
by Lois E. Horton
Take a closer look at the history of mutual aid society and their activity in Free Black communities.
Richard Allen, Jarena Lee, and the Second Great Awakening
by Margaret Washington
Read about the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, a Self-Made Man
by Vincent Carretta
Explore Equiano’s life story and the influence of his autobiography on the abolitionist movement.
Phillis Wheatley, a “Genius in Bondage”
by Vincent Carretta
Explore the life, career, and legacy of the poet who was the first person of sub-Saharan African descent to publish a book.
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