The National Archives features a historical photograph of a group of male "contrabands" - formerly enslaved people who escaped to…
The National Women's History Museum presents a 2018 article that provides a perspective on African American women's contributions…
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…
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 a historical illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting Black people headed toward Union Army…
The Library of Congress presents am 1864 historical illustration depicting enslaved people escaping slavery. The inscription on…
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 presents a c.1876 illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting a Black woman on her knees with her hands in…
Note: No transcript included, but cursive is legible.DocsTeach (National Archives) source features a letter written in 1863 by…
Note: See column 2, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 30, 1862 article from the Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (MN),…
Note: See 2nd column, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 18, 1862 article from the New York Herald (NY) newspaper…
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 presents an 1862 photo, by photographer James Gibson, of a group of adult contrabands - formerly enslaved…
Note: click on photo to enlarge.The Library of Congress features a historical photo, by photographer Timothy O'Sullivan, of two…