Black Women’s Activism in Free Black Communities
with Carla L. Peterson
Learn how Black women such as Maria W. Stewart and Sojourner Truth organized for their communities.
Free Black Organizations and Institutions
with Carla L. Peterson
Learn how free Black people established mutual aid societies and other institutions.
The Black Campus Movement and African American Studies
with Clarence Taylor
Explore how the field of African American Studies evolved and the first university departments in the field were formed.
Beads and Trans-Saharan Trade
with Abidemi Babatúnde Babalola
Learn more about the importance of beads in African kingdoms, and their impact on the archaeological record.
The Economic Impact of Slavery in the US
with Seth Rockman
Take a closer look at how the system of slavery pervaded American economic markets.
The Pervasive Institution of Slavery in the US
with Seth Rockman
Learn how the system of slavery extended across the American labor system, and how African Americans worked to reclaim their labor.
The Evolution of the Underground Railroad
with Christopher Bonner
Learn more about how the Underground Railroad operated and how the term for this means of escape from bondage emerged.
Doctor Cuffee Saunders
1781
Read about how Cuffee Wells Saunders gained his freedom.
Civil War “Contrabands”
1861–1865
View two photographs of self-emancipated people described as “contrabands” of the Union Army during the Civil War.
Emancipation on Indigenous Lands
with Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie
Learn more about the reach of the Thirteenth Amendment in American Indian nations.
African-European Interactions Through the Sixteenth Century
by Matthew Salvadore
Learn more about early connections between Africa and Europe.
Narrative and Photograph of Omar Ibn Said
ca. 1850
Learn more about the capture and enslavement of African people through this photograph and narrative.
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