A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist
with Michael Thurmond
Learn how James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, helped to secure Ayuba bin Suleiman Diallo’s freedom.
The First and Last King of Haiti
with Marlene L. Daut
Explore the life, career, and brief reign of Henri Christophe.
“Emigration to Mexico”
1832
Explore a perspective on emigration in The Liberator.
Garnet’s Address in Context
by Jake Alspaugh
Understand the origins of Garnet’s speech.
Harriet, the Moses of Her People
1886
Read an authorized description of Tubman’s escape written by a White woman who had interviewed Tubman.
Harriet Tubman’s reflection in The Refugee
1856
Read Tubman’s memories of enslavement and freedom in her own words.
Free African American Population, 19th Century
by Michael Siegel
Explore the change in free Black populations over time across the North, South, and Midwest.
“The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave”
1832
This narrative was disseminated by the London Society for the Abolition of Slavery.
1964 SNCC Position Paper on Women in the Movement
by Michelle Moravec
Explore the origins of this SNCC memo and its authorship.
Black Women’s Leadership and Organizing in the Civil Rights Movement
by Keisha N. Blain
Explore the civil rights leadership of JoAnn Robinson, Ella Baker, and Fannie Lou Hamer.
“An Address to the Slaves of the United States”
1843
Explore this speech, rejected by the National Colored Convention.
The Palmares Quilombo
by Ana Lucia Araujo
Learn more about the development and defense of this maroon community.
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