Note: 2nd column, center.Chronicling America features an 1865 New York Herald newspaper article, written by an unknown author,…
Note: 2nd column, bottom.Chronicling America features an 1864 Muscatine Weekly Journal newspaper article, written by an unknown…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History provides a historical contract between White landowner Isham G. Bailey and Black…
BlackPast presents a 2014 article, written by H. Singer, that provides a brief history of the legal process of abolishing slavery…
Note: See the top of the sixth column on page one. Some language may be offensive to readers.Chronicling America features a…
Note: See 5th column, 12th paragraph.Chronicling America presents a January 10, 1866 Evening Star article, written by the…
This Find a Grave source features photos of the gravesite, a biographical account and portraits of Susie King Taylor, an African…
NPR features a podcast in which reporter Sarah McCammon discusses the origins, development, and eventual reversal of "Forty Acres…
The Power Library presents an 1866 historical speech, given by James R. Doolittle to the United States Senate, that provides…
This 2021 Seizing Freedom podcast episode, hosted by historian Kidada Williams, focuses on Susie King Taylor- an African American…
Note: See the top of the third column on page eight. Some language may be offensive to readers.Chronicling America provides a…
Note: This article begins in the middle of the fifth paragraph on page one. Chronicling America provides an article from the…
South Carolina State Library features an 1874 historical speech by African American Congressman, Alonzo J. Ransier. Themes…
Note: This source is provided only in transcript form.Teaching American History presents 1866 legislation, written by President…
YouTube presents a 2015 video, produced by ColumbiaLearn and hosted by Dr. Eric Foner, that provides a lecture on how President…
The Library of Congress presents a piece of 1865 historical legislation, endorsed by William Hunter, known as the Freedmen's…