“Our Claims Are on America”
1828
Read this excerpt from an oration by Thomas Jennings on Black identity.
“Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd’s Plantation”
1855
Read Frederick Douglass’s recollection of plantation life in Maryland from his second autobiography.
Doctor Cuffee Saunders
1781
Read about how Cuffee Wells Saunders gained his freedom.
Preliminary Declaration from the Constitution of Haiti
1805
Read a translation of some of Haiti’s founding principles as an independent nation.
The Question of Naming in “The Liberator”
1831
Explore responses to questions of Black identity and nomenclature in the famed abolitionist newspaper.
“Why We Should Have a Paper”
1837
Read the founding manifesto of The Colored American newspaper.
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 Economic Impact of Slavery in the US
with Seth Rockman
Take a closer look at how the system of slavery pervaded American economic markets.
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.
African Americans in the Seminole Nation
by Rachel Sarah O’Toole
Explore how maroons and self-emancipated people joined the Seminole community.
Etta Moten Barnett and Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ghana
1957
Hear from King during his visit to Ghana, in conversation with actress, musician, and journalist Etta Moten Barnett.
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.
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