AP African American Studies Resource Archive | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

View this contemporary piece honoring a traditional Yoruba god.

Learn about the history of the Black family from the Middle Passage through Reconstruction.

Read a letter written by John Quincy Adams about his role in supporting the Amistad captives’ petition for freedom.

Scrutinize an image and a letter that address the experience of kidnapped Africans on a slave ship.

Explore the life, career, and brief reign of Henri Christophe.

Learn more about the development and defense of this maroon community.

AP African American Studies Resource Library