The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents a 4-minute, narrated account of the life of Roberts Smalls, a…
Note: See 2nd column, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 18, 1862 article from the New York Herald (NY) newspaper…
Note: See column 2, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 30, 1862 article from the Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (MN),…
Note: Racial epithets used. See p.17-18 for a map of the South Carolina Sea Islands c. 1862.Project Gutenberg features a digitized…
The Library of Congress features the 1861 statute, created by the 37th Congress, for the 1st Confiscation Act of 1861. The Act…
Note: No transcript included, but cursive is legible.DocsTeach (National Archives) source features a letter written in 1863 by…
Note: Some language may be offensive to some readers.The Library of Congress features an 1861 historical sheet music, by Frank…
The National Archives features a historical photograph of a group of male "contrabands" - formerly enslaved people who escaped to…
The Library of Congress presents a 1862 photo, by James Gibson, of a group of contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped…
Note: click on photo to enlarge.The Library of Congress features a historical photo, by photographer Timothy O'Sullivan, of two…
Note: click on the photo to enlarge.The National Museum of African American History and Culture features an 1863 photo of a…
The Library of Congress presents an 1862 photo, by photographer James Gibson, of a group of adult contrabands - formerly enslaved…
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 a photo of young Black boys with Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry soldiers at a camp for…
The Library of Congress features a historical illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting Black people headed toward Union Army…
The Library of Congress features an 1876 illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting a Black man with a horse and other belongings,…