The Dred Scott Decision and Its Bitter Legacy
1800–1858
Dred Scott’s case before the US Supreme Court challenged the nation on slavery, citizenship, and state sovereignty.
Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
1809–1870
This timeline traces Abraham Lincoln’s evolution from antislavery advocate to emancipator in the context of international events.
An African American soldier’s pay warrant
1780
Learn more about this pay warrant issued to soldier Sharp Liberty for his service in the Continental Army.
The Middle Passage
1749
Scrutinize an image and a letter that address the experience of kidnapped Africans on a slave ship.
Nelson Allyn to Joseph Allyn
1831
Read a firsthand account of the retaliation against African Americans in North Carolina after Nat Turner’s Rebellion.
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
1775
Learn more about the proclamation offering freedom to enslaved people who joined the British army.
Slave Patrol Contract
1856
Explore an effort to enforce North Carolina’s slave codes in 1856.
Connections Between the American and Haitian Revolutions
by Laurent Dubois
Understand the relationship between the Haitian Revolution and American Revolution.
The Men of Company E
with Matthew Pinsker
Explore different points of view of Black soldiers in a postwar photograph.
Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family Story of Slavery and Freedom
with Matthew Pinsker
Learn about the family that brought the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) case to the Supreme Court.
The March on Washington: A Virtual Tour
with Clayborne Carson
Join the director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University for a virtual tour of the 1963 March on Washington.
Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
with Anthony J. Badger
Learn more about the start of the Civil Rights movement.
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