DocsTeach presents an 1865 photo of a camp for contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines - in Richmond,…
The Library of Congress presents an 1862 photo, by photographer James Gibson, of a group of adult contrabands - formerly enslaved…
Note: click on the photo to enlarge.The National Museum of African American History and Culture features an 1863 photo of a…
Note: click on photo to enlarge.The Library of Congress features a historical photo, by photographer Timothy O'Sullivan, of two…
The Library of Congress presents a 1862 photo, by James Gibson, of a group of contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped…
The National Archives features a historical photograph of a group of male "contrabands" - formerly enslaved people who escaped to…
Note: Some language may be offensive to some readers.The Library of Congress features an 1861 historical sheet music, by Frank…
Note: No transcript included, but cursive is legible.DocsTeach (National Archives) source features a letter written in 1863 by…
The Library of Congress features the 1861 statute, created by the 37th Congress, for the 1st Confiscation Act of 1861. The Act…
Note: Racial epithets used. See p.17-18 for a map of the South Carolina Sea Islands c. 1862.Project Gutenberg features a digitized…
Note: See column 2, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 30, 1862 article from the Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (MN),…
Note: See 2nd column, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 18, 1862 article from the New York Herald (NY) newspaper…
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents a 4-minute, narrated account of the life of Roberts Smalls, a…