The National Museum of African American History & Culture presents a contemporary article, written by an unknown author, that…
BlackPast presents a 2014 article, written by H. Singer, that provides a brief history of the legal process of abolishing slavery…
This short article from the U.S. Senate website details the 1961 and 1962 Confiscation Acts that allowed the U.S. government to…
The Library of Congress presents an 1849 autobiography, written by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who…
The National Parks Services presents a 2016 biography on the life of Union Army General David Hunter. The article highlights: his…
The DPLA features a 1920 biography, written by W. E. B. DuBois, that provides a medium-length account of the life of Frederick…
Find a Grave features a headstone (images submitted by Laureli and Sean McKim), located at Mount Hope Cemetary in Rochester, New…
Find a Grave features a headstone (image submitted by Steve Dunn), located at the Lexington Cemetary in Lexington, Kentucky,…
Note: See 4th column, 2nd paragraph.The May 9, 1862 issue of the New York Times (writer unknown) presents a perspective on Union…
Note: See 2nd column, 2nd paragraph.Chronicling America presents this May, 20 1862 article from the New York Daily Tribune on…
Note: 1st column, 1st paragraph.Chronicling America features an 1865 New York Daily Tribune newspaper article, written by an…
The Frederick Douglass Project presents an 1862 historical essay, written by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical illustration, drawn by Thomas Nast, that depicts Andrew Johnson "as the…
The Library of Congress features an 1883 historical illustration, drawn by Gaylord Watson, that depicts various formerly enslaved,…
The Library of Congress features an 1845 historical illustration, drawn by Ephraim W. Bouve and published by Henry Prentiss,…
Note: Haywood's narrative begins on page 130 of the collection. The historical photograph described within the narrative as having…