Juan Garrido’s Probanza
1538
Read the narrative of a Congolese man’s experience in Mexico with the Spanish conquistadors.
First National Council for Black Studies Annual Conference
1975
Get a greater sense of questions and issues in the field of African American studies through this conference program.
Great Zimbabwe
by Nancy Demerdash
Take a closer look at the kingdom of Zimbabwe and its greatest surviving architectural achievement.
Juan Garrido on a Spanish Expedition
1579
View this image that is believed to be Garrido alongside Hernán Cortés.
African Arrivals in the Americas, 1501–1867
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize the impact of the displacement of Africans resulting from the transatlantic slave trade.
African Americans in the 13 Colonies, 17th–18th Centuries
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Explore the change in the African American population over time in the colonial era.
Broadside Advertising “Valuable Slaves at Auction” in New Orleans
1859
Explore how the labor of enslaved people was advertised.
Laws of Virginia, Act XII
1662
Read the act that established the doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem.
Dred Scott v. Sandford Majority Opinion
1857
Read Roger Taney’s majority opinion, overturned by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Hidden History: Celebrating That Freedom Day
with Michael Hurd
Take a deep dive into the first Juneteenth celebrations where it all began, in Galveston, Texas.
“Overview of the Slave Trade Out of Africa, 1500–1900”
by David Eltis and David Richardson
View the varying points of departure and arrival of enslaved people.
“Plea to the Jurisdiction of Cinque and Others”
1839
Read the statement to the court on behalf of the Africans taken on the Amistad.
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