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History Now Essay

“Rachel Weeping for Her Children”: Black Women and the Abolition of Slavery

Margaret Washington

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

During the period leading up to the Civil War, black women all over the North comprised a stalwart but now largely forgotten abolitionist army. In myriad ways, these race-conscious women worked to bring immediate emancipation to the...
Appears in:
5 | Abolition Fall 2005
57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
Collection Item
Book

[1783]

Barnard, Edward, fl. 1783

The new... history of England from the earliest period...

Printed for the Author and published by Alex. Hogg. Imprint date is "1782" but history ends at 1783.

GLC04204
Collection Item
Photograph

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

[Group of five Native American women with young girl and baby]

No series assigned. Negative number 350.

GLC03095.95
Collection Item
Photograph

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Group of two women and 6 soldiers posed on porch of building

The building is constructed of unpainted wooden planks. The windows are covered by closed shutters. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "1139."

GLC05111.01.0449

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