The Library of Congress features an 1864 historical report, written by William P. Mellen, that provides a description of the…
Note: Language may be offensive.The Library of Congress features an 1863 historical pamphlet, written by The Emancipation League,…
YouTube presents a 2016 video, produced by the American Battlefield Trust, that provides a brief summary of the role that the…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical letter, written by Joseph C. Lewis to Schuyler Colfax, that provides Lewis's…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical speech, given by Bayley Wyat, that provides a freedman's perspective of how…
Note: Language may be offensive.The Library of Congress features an 1868 historical dialogue, published by the Union Republican…
The Library of Congress features an 1865 historical letter, written by John C. Robinson to Abraham Lincoln, that provides an…
The Library of Congress features an 1868 historical print that provides information in regards to the "falsehoods" about…
The Digital Public Library of America features a historical illustration, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, that…
Note: Racial epithets used. Multiple captions.The Digital Public Library of America features an 1865 historical illustration that…
The New York Public Library features an 1865 historical report, issued by General Rufus Saxton, that provides the rules outlined…
The New York Public Library features an 1872 historical illustration, published in Harper's Weekly, that depicts Senator Charles…
Note: 4th column, center.Chronicling America features an 1868 Placer Herald newspaper article, written by an unknown author, that…
Note: Racial epithets used and some language may be offensive to readers. See p. 22-23. Internet Archive features a report on a…
The Library of Congress features the 1861 statute, created by the 37th Congress, for the 1st Confiscation Act of 1861. The Act…
The National Archives features a historical photograph of a group of male "contrabands" - formerly enslaved people who escaped to…