The National Archives features a historical photograph of a group of male "contrabands" - formerly enslaved people who escaped to…
The Washington Post features an article, written by DeNeen L. Brown and published on April 15, 2021, titled, "40 Acres and a Mule:…
The African American Intellectual History Society features an article, written by Karen Cook Bell and published on November 11,…
The National Archives features an article that was written by Miranda Booker Perry and published in the summer 2010 edition of…
This 2007 comprehensive article by the National Trust for Historic Preservation offers a perspective on the escape, and subsequent…
PBS presents a modern article, written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., titled, "The Truth Behind '40 Acres and a Mule,'" which examines…
South Carolina Encyclopedia features a short 2016 biography, written by Professor W. Scott Poole, on the life of Prince Rivers- a…
The New York Public Library features a bulleted, biographical profile on Robert Smalls- a formerly enslaved man who later became a…
The Georgia Encyclopedia features a 2020 biographical account, written by Ronald E. Butchart, on the life of Susie King Taylor,…
Note: See book p. 7, slide #16.Internet Archive provides a 1916 digitized book excerpt, "The Operation Of The Freedmen’s Bureau In…
This Find a Grave source features photos of the gravesite, a biographical account and portraits of Susie King Taylor, an African…
Note: See 5th column, 1st paragraph.This May 21st 1862 issue of The Jasper Weekly Courier published a version of Union General…
Note: See 2nd column, 6th paragraph.Chronicling America presents a 1-paragraph biography, from May 17, 1862 issue of the The…
Note: See 3rd column, 8th paragraph.Chronicling America presents a August 30, 1862 article from The New South newspaper, written…
Note: See 5th column, 3rd paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 15, 1862 article from the Yorkville Enquirer (writer…
Note: See 3rd column, 11th paragraph.Chronicling America features a January, 28, 1863 article, writer unknown, from the New York…