BlackPast presents a 2014 article, written by H. Singer, that provides a brief history of the legal process of abolishing slavery…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History presents a historical illustration, drawn by Lucius Stebbins, that depicts a…
Note: Not clear what year the photo was taken.Howard University presents a 1955 "AME Church Review" on the life of Robert Smalls,…
Note: See 1st column, 3rd to last paragraph. Racial epithets used. Chronicling America presents a May 22, 1862 article (unknown…
Note: See column 5, paragraph 1.Chronicling America presents January 27, 1869 article from the Daily Phoenix (SC) newspaper…
South Carolina Public Radio features a 1-minute audio profile (2015) on the five Rollin sisters- free abolitionists, teachers and…
Note: Audio link found under the image and caption.The Beaufort Gazette presents a 2017 profile, written by Ryan Copeland, on the…
Note: See column 3, paragraphs 1-6.Chronicling America presents a February 19, 1916 Denver Star article on the financial state of…
Beaufort Lifestyle features an article (2020), written by Nakeisha Dawson-Thompson, on the life of Rachel Crane Mather and the…
Note: Video embedded in the article.Live 5 News (WCSC) features a short article and 9-minute video (2021) on the first Black law…
The Times Examiner presents this 2021 article on the military and political impact of Wade Hampton, a former White Confederate…
Note: See 2nd column, 2nd paragraph.The University of South Carolina Library presents an August 23, 1862 article, writer unknown,…
Note: See 3rd column, 11th paragraph.Chronicling America features a January, 28, 1863 article, writer unknown, from the New York…
Note: See 2nd column, 2nd paragraph.Chronicling America presents this May, 20 1862 article from the New York Daily Tribune on…
Note: See 4th column, 2nd paragraph.The May 9, 1862 issue of the New York Times (writer unknown) presents a perspective on Union…
The American Social History Project provides an account of the beginnings of The Chinese Six Companies, a compilation of the six…