The Smithsonian Magazine presents a 2017 article, by Cate Lineberry, on Robert Smalls' quest for freedom. According to the…
The National Parks Services presents a 2016 biography on the life of Union Army General David Hunter. The article highlights: his…
The Digital Public Library of America features an 1868 historical illustration, drawn by Thomas Nast and published in Vanity Fair,…
YouTube presents a 2016 video, produced by the American Battlefield Trust, that provides a brief summary of the role that the…
Note: See 2nd column, 2nd paragraph.Chronicling America presents this May, 20 1862 article from the New York Daily Tribune on…
Note: See 5th column, 3rd paragraph.Chronicling America presents a May 15, 1862 article from the Yorkville Enquirer (writer…
The Frederick Douglass Project presents an 1862 historical essay, written by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African…
Note: A transcript of the handwritten letter with a lesson activity can be found here.The Library of Congress provides the…
Note: It is not clear from this source whether Jefferson Davis received Hunter's letter.Hampton University features a copy of an…
The Library of Congress presents a series of 1870 historical letters, written by J. W. Alford to Major General Oliver Otis Howard,…
The Library of Congress presents an 1848 historical manuscript of a letter, written by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved…
Note: 1st column, bottom.Chronicling America features an 1866 Alexandria Gazette, written by an unknown author, that provides an…
Note: See last column, 2nd to last paragraph. Chronicling America presents a September 12, 1862 article from the The Weekly…
Note: See 3rd column, 2nd to last paragraph.Chronicling America presents a April 9, 1864 announcement from the Free South (SC)…
Note: Some language may be offensive to some readers.The Library of Congress features an 1861 historical sheet music, by Frank…
Note: This primary source is accompanied by a brief biography on Samuel Ringgold Ward.Black Past features an 1850 transcription of…