Browse Collections (59 total)
Prince Rivers
A formerly enslaved Beaufort, South Carolina man who escaped, became a Union Army Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers during the Civil…
Harriet Ware
A White missionary teacher from Massachusetts who taught formerly enslaved people during the Port Royal Experiment in the South Carolina Sea…
Elizabeth Botume
A Northern-born, White teacher who was sent to do missionary work with newly freed children in the South Carolina Sea Islands.
Samuel Lee
A formerly enslaved Abbeville, South Carolina man who later became a farmer, attorney and the first Black Speaker of the South Carolina House of…
Ellen Murray
A White, Canadian missionary teacher and co-founder of the Penn School (one of the first for formerly enslaved people) on St. Helena Island in the…
Esther Hill Hawks
A White missionary teacher, abolitionist, physician, and women's rights advocate from New Hampshire. Known for her work as a doctor and teacher of…
Mitchelville
One of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved people, located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Penn School
One of the country's first schools for formerly enslaved people, established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina in 1862 by…
Gideonites
A term used to refer to Northern abolitionist teachers and missionaries who were sent to teach formerly enslaved people during the Port Royal…
Laura Towne
A White, Pennsylvania-born abolitionist, missionary, educator, and physician who helped cofound the Penn School (one of the first for the formerly…
President Andrew Johnson's Impeachment & the End of His Presidency
Highlights from Johnson's impeachment trial and events that led up to the end of his presidency.
Brick Baptist Church
Historical church and learning center for formerly enslaved people during and after the Civil War on St. Helena Island in Beaufort, South…
Andrew Johnson's Presidency (1865 to mid-1867 before Impeachment)
Highlights of Johnson's presidency before the impeachment charges.
President Andrew Johnson's Transition (c. April 1865)
Highlights of events that took place after President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial and acquittal.
Chinese Massacre of 1871
Focus on the events that led up to, and the aftermath of, the October 24, 1871 mass lynching of Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles,…
Geary Act of 1892
Details about the 1892 addition to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that required Chinese immigrants to carry a residential permit at all times or…