YouTube presents a 2015 video, produced by ColumbiaLearn and hosted by Dr. Eric Foner, that provides a lecture on how President…
Note: See 3rd column, 2nd to last paragraph.Chronicling America presents a April 9, 1864 announcement from the Free South (SC)…
The National Trust for Historic Preservation Youtube channel presents a 2011 video on the contraband movement- formerly enslaved…
The Smithsonian Magazine presents a 2017 article, by Cate Lineberry, on Robert Smalls' quest for freedom. According to the…
Note: See last column, 2nd to last paragraph. Chronicling America presents a September 12, 1862 article from the The Weekly…
The Frederick Douglass Project presents an 1862 historical essay, written by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African…
YouTube presents a 2010 video, produced by Biography, that provides a brief biographical account of the early life of Frederick…
Note: 1st column, bottom.Chronicling America features an 1866 Alexandria Gazette, written by an unknown author, that provides an…
YouTube presents a 2016 video, produced by the American Battlefield Trust, that provides a brief summary of the role that the…
Note: This primary source is accompanied by a brief biography on Samuel Ringgold Ward.Black Past features an 1850 transcription of…
Note: Some language may be offensive to some readers.The Library of Congress features an 1861 historical sheet music, by Frank…
Note: It is not clear from this source whether Jefferson Davis received Hunter's letter.Hampton University features a copy of an…
Note: Racial epithets used; some readers may find the images and language offensive. The Library of Congress presents an 1866…
The Digital Public Library of America features an 1868 historical illustration, drawn by Thomas Nast and published in Vanity Fair,…
The Library of Congress presents a series of 1870 historical letters, written by J. W. Alford to Major General Oliver Otis Howard,…
Note: See 5th column, 3rd paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 15, 1862 article from the Yorkville Enquirer (writer…