Black Volunteers in the Nation’s First Epidemic
1794
Read Absalom Jones and Richard Allen’s narrative of the African American community’s response to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic.
Phillis Wheatley’s poem on tyranny and slavery
1772
Take a deep dive into one of Wheatley's best-known poems.
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
1775
Learn more about the proclamation offering freedom to enslaved people who joined the British army.
Voting restrictions for African Americans
1944
Investigate a pamphlet that documented cases of voter suppression in southern states written by a group of southern editors and writers.
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