The National Archives provides a historical case file on the 1898 federal investigation of the murder of Frazier Baker - the first…
The National Archives features a historical photograph of a group of male "contrabands" - formerly enslaved people who escaped to…
The New York Public Library features an 1872 historical illustration, drawn by Thomas Nast, that depicts Senator Charles Sumner…
The New York Public Library features an 1856 historical illustration that depicts the caning of Senator Charles Sumner…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical speech, given by Bayley Wyat, that provides a freedman's perspective of how…
National Public Radio presents a 2020 article, written by Brakkton Booker, that describes an amendment to the constitution that…
The Equal Justice Initiative features a 2016 article, written by an unknown author, that discusses the direct relationship between…
The Library of Congress presents an 1849 autobiography, written by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who…
Note: See book p. 7, slide #16.Internet Archive provides a 1916 digitized book excerpt, "The Operation Of The Freedmen’s Bureau In…
The Digital Public Library of America features an 1868 historical illustration, drawn by Thomas Nast and published in Vanity Fair,…
Note: Racial epithets used. "Cooly" or "Coolie" was an offensive term used to refer to Asian immigrants.This San Diego State…
San Diego State University presents a transcription of the Geary Act of 1892- the Act that added additional immigration…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 Congressional Act to help improve and extend the Freedmen's Bureau. The Act serves as an…
The Library of Congress presents an 1868 Congressional Act that moves to discontinue the Freedmen's Bureau.The Freedmen's Bureau…
The Library of Congress presents an 1865 Congressional Act, also known as the Freedmen's Bureau Act.The Freedmen's Bureau was a…
The Library of Congress features an 1868 Congressional Act that proposed the continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau. According to…