The Slave Narratives: A Genre and a Source
by David W. Blight
Examine narratives such as Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in this essay.
The First Age of Reform
by Ronald G. Walters
Learn more about the debates related to colonization in the context of other antebellum reform movements.
African Americans and Emancipation
by Manisha Sinha
Explore the role of military service during the Civil War on emancipation and abolition.
James Forten, Sailmaker
by Julie Winch
Read about James Forten, an African American craftsman and businessman in nineteenth-century Philadelphia who employed an integrated workforce.
Mary Ellen Pleasant, Freedom-Fighting Entrepreneur
by Lynn M. Hudson
An introduction to Mary Ellen Pleasant, an abolitionist and businesswoman who flourished on the East and West Coasts.
Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire
by Shane White
Explore Jeremiah Hamilton’s career, including his response to the Draft Riots of 1863.
HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience
with Ayesha Rascoe
Learn more about the experience of individuals who attended an HBCU.
Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery
with Ana Lucia Araujo
Take a wide, transatlantic view of the institution of slavery.
South Carolina Slave Code
1740
Read excerpts from this slave code enacted in a British colony.
Diverse Roles of Africans in Early American Colonization
by Matthew Restall
Explore the ways free and enslaved Africans influenced Latin America in the sixteenth century.
The WPA Slave Narratives
by Robert C. Williams
Develop an understanding of the nuances behind recording narratives of formerly enslaved people during the Great Depression.
Ayuba bin Suleiman Diallo to His Father
ca. 1733
Read a translation of the letter that helped to secure Diallo’s freedom from enslavement.
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