“The Bantu Migration, 2000 BCE–1500 CE”
by Mark Cartwright
See the extensive migration of Bantu peoples on the African continent.
“Ancient & Medieval Sub-Saharan African States”
by Mark Cartwright
Visualize the approximate locations of various kingdoms and empires, including Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
“How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping”
1900
Read Nannie Helen Burroughs’s address casting light on the importance of women organizing in Black institutions.
“Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd’s Plantation”
1855
Read Frederick Douglass’s recollection of plantation life in Maryland from his second autobiography.
Beyond the Battlefield: African American Contributions to the Civil War
with Elizabeth R. Varon
Learn more about the men, women, and children who contributed to the war effort through various means.
African Americans and the Civil War
with Elizabeth R. Varon
Learn more about free and enslaved Africans’ contributions to the Union war effort.
“The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave”
1832
This narrative was disseminated by the London Society for the Abolition of Slavery.
Young Black adults less Protestant than their elders
2021
Compare generational statistics of religious affiliation among Black Americans.
“A Red Record”
1895
Read an excerpt from Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s analysis of lynchings in the US at the end of the nineteenth century.
Black Volunteers in the Nation’s First Epidemic
1794
Read Absalom Jones and Richard Allen’s narrative of the African American community’s response to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic.
Phillis Wheatley’s poem on tyranny and slavery
1772
Take a deep dive into one of Wheatley's best-known poems.
Reconstruction and Citizenship
with Eric Foner
Discover the changes in definitions of citizenship before, during, and after the Civil War.
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