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

A black-and-white photograph of a Black man wearing a dark hat, jacket, pants, and boots, behind a plow pulled by a horse through a field.

From Slavery to Sharecropping

with Jo Von McCalester

Examine the shift in Black labor after emancipation.

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Map of West and North Africa along the Mediterranean coast, with trade routes and kingdoms noted through illustrations.

The Catalan Atlas

1375

View a Euro-centric impression of Africa, including the ruler Mansa Musa, through this map and essay.

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