Am I Not a Woman and a Sister?
ca. 1833
View this visual representation of a rallying cry for abolition among Black women.
Ayuba bin Suleiman Diallo to His Father
ca. 1733
Read a translation of the letter that helped to secure Diallo’s freedom from enslavement.
Slavery and Freedom in Brazil
by Keila Grinberg
Explore the pervasive impact of slavery in Brazil, and the long fight to abolish the system of enslavement.
The Nineteenth-Century Emigrationist and Anti-Emigrationist Movements
with Nemata Blyden
Explore the key figures, sites, and concepts of both the emigrationist and anti-emigrationist movements.
Emigration, Anti-Emigration, and Transatlantic Abolitionism
with Nemata Blyden
Learn more about the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the Civil War on emigration.
Generations in Captivity: Slavery in America
with Ira Berlin
Understand how the interplay of regional and generational factors shaped the development of slavery in the antebellum United States.
Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family Story of Slavery and Freedom
with Matthew Pinsker
Learn about the family that brought the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) case to the Supreme Court.
Race and the American Constitution: A Struggle Toward National Ideals
by James Oliver Horton
Read how both pro-slavery and anti-slavery movements used the Constitution to promote their beliefs.
African Americans and Emancipation
by Manisha Sinha
Explore the role of military service during the Civil War on emancipation and abolition.
Connections Between the American and Haitian Revolutions
by Laurent Dubois
Understand the relationship between the Haitian Revolution and American Revolution.
Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to Freedom
by Steven Mintz
Read about Frederick Douglass from his childhood and youth as an enslaved person and his legacy as a leading abolitionist and equal rights advocate.
Clarksdale: Myth, Music, and Mercy in the Mississippi Delta
by Shelley Ritter
Read about musician Muddy Waters, the blues, and the historical exhibits at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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