The Library of Congress presents am 1864 historical illustration depicting enslaved people escaping slavery. The inscription on…
The National Trust for Historic Preservation Youtube channel presents a 2011 video on the contraband movement- formerly enslaved…
Note: Racial epithets used and may be offensive to some readers. The Gettysburg, Musselman Library presents an 1861 Harper's…
Note: Racial epithets used. Language and image may be offensive to readers. Click on the image to enlarge.The Library of Congress…
This Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs lesson activity focuses on the First Confiscation Act of 1861. The Act allowed for the…
The Library of Congress present a lesson plan focuses on learning about contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped to…
This Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs lesson activity focuses on analyzing a political cartoon about contrabands during the…
This short article from the U.S. Senate website details the 1961 and 1962 Confiscation Acts that allowed the U.S. government to…
This 2007 comprehensive article by the National Trust for Historic Preservation offers a perspective on the escape, and subsequent…
The National Women's History Museum presents a 2018 article that provides a perspective on African American women's contributions…
The Library of Congress presents a c.1876 illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting a Black woman on her knees with her hands in…
The Library of Congress features an 1876 illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting a Black man with a horse and other belongings,…
The Library of Congress features a historical illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting Black people headed toward Union Army…
The Library of Congress presents a photo of young Black boys with Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry soldiers at a camp for…
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…
