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Interpreting African-American History |
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The Brownies' Book Encourages Black Children to Know Their History, 1920 |
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3 | (1) |
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Carter G. Woodson on His Goals for Black History, 1922 |
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Mary McLeod Bethune Outlines the Objectives of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1937 |
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4 | (2) |
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John Hope Franklin Explains the Lonely Dilemma of the American Negro Scholar, 1963 |
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6 | (1) |
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Vincent Harding on the Differences Between Negro History and Black History, 1971 |
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7 | (2) |
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Lucille Clifton on the Nurturing of History, c. 1990 |
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9 | (27) |
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The History of African-American History |
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10 | (5) |
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The Burden of African-American History: Memory, Justice, and a Usable Past |
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15 | (9) |
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Sites of Memory, Sites of Struggle: The ``Materials'' of History |
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24 | (10) |
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34 | (2) |
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Africans and the Slave Trade: Causes and Consequences |
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36 | (46) |
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A Portuguese Slave Trader Describes a Kidnapping, c. 1440s |
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38 | (1) |
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Slave Raiding on the West African Coast, 1448 |
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39 | (2) |
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A Congolese Envoy to Brazil, c. 1643 |
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41 | (1) |
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Willem Bosman a Dutch Trader, Describes the Details of Bargaining for Slaves, 1701 |
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42 | (2) |
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Willem Snelgrave an English Trader, Describes the Business of Slave Trading and Two Slave Mutinies, 1734 |
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44 | (5) |
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Olaudah Equiano an Ibo, Describes His Capture, 1756 |
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49 | (2) |
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An Illustration Showing ``Tight-Packing'' for the Middle Passage, c. 1790s |
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51 | (31) |
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African Societies Were Transformed by the Slave Trade |
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52 | (13) |
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African Societies Voluntarily Participated in the Slave Trade |
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65 | (16) |
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81 | (1) |
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The Origins of North American Slavery and Racism |
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82 | (28) |
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John Rolfe Records the Arrival of African Slaves to Virginia, August 1619 |
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83 | (2) |
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Anthony Johnson, a Former Slave, Claims His Slave Property, 1655 |
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85 | (1) |
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Interracial Sexual Relations and Their Consequences: The Case of Elizabeth Key, 1655--1656 |
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86 | (3) |
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An Act to Discriminate Between Africans and Others in Maryland, 1664 |
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89 | (1) |
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Francis Payne a Free Negro Property Owner in Colonial Virginia, Bequeaths His Property, 1673 |
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90 | (1) |
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Distinguishing Slaves from Indentured Servants in Virginia, 1705 |
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91 | (19) |
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``The Mutual Causation'' of Racism and Slavery |
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92 | (7) |
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The Paradox of Slavery and Freedom |
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99 | (9) |
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108 | (2) |
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The Origins of African America and the Continuity of African Culture |
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110 | (47) |
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Olaudah Equiano an Ibo, Discovers the Cultural Diversity of West Africa, 1789 |
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111 | (2) |
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Six Advertisements for Virginia Slave Runaways, 1736, 1767 |
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113 | (2) |
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Early Slave Conversion Attempts of Francis Le Jau, an Anglican Minister, 1706--1717 |
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115 | (2) |
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George Whitefield, a Religious Revivalist, Encourages Conversion and Education, 1740 |
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117 | (2) |
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Phyllis Wheatley's Homage to George Whitefield, 1770 |
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119 | (2) |
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The Conversion Experience of John Marrant, 1802 |
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121 | (2) |
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Landon Carter, a Slavemaster, Confronts the Problem of Slave Conversion, 1776 |
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123 | (1) |
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Two Letters from Savannah, Georgia on the Progress of Baptist Churches, 1792, 1800 |
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124 | (3) |
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A Grave Decorated in African Style, 1944 |
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127 | (30) |
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How Africans Preserved Their Culture: Culture as Spirit |
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128 | (12) |
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How White and Black Cultures Merged: Culture as Social Relations |
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140 | (16) |
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156 | (1) |
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The Development of a Slave Society in Colonial North America |
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157 | (38) |
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The Story of Tom, an African Creole, 1727 |
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158 | (2) |
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Description of a Slave Rebellion in Stono, South Carolina, 1739 |
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160 | (2) |
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Lord Dunmore, a British General, Entices Slaves of Colonial Rebels to Flee, 1775 |
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162 | (1) |
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Saul, a Slave Revolutionary Veteran, Petitions for Freedom, 1792 |
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163 | (1) |
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Free Blacks in South Carolina Petition for Equal Rights, 1791 |
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163 | (2) |
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Hector St. John de Crevecoeur a Traveler, Encounters the Continuing Horror of Slavery in the New Republic, 1782 |
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165 | (30) |
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Historicizing the Slave Experience |
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166 | (16) |
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How Africans Became African Americans |
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182 | (12) |
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194 | (1) |
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Subordination and Autonomy: the Dialectics of Master-Slave Relations |
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195 | (50) |
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Thomas Cobb, an Antebellum Scholar, Describes Legal Basis for Slavery, 1858 |
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196 | (4) |
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Thomas Ruffin, a Judge, Struggles with Illogic of Slaves as Property and as Persons, 1829 |
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200 | (3) |
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South Carolina Governor James Henry Hammond, a Slaveowner, Instructs His Overseer on the Ideal Disciplinary Regime, c. 1840s |
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203 | (5) |
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A Slave Man Resists, 1845 |
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208 | (3) |
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A Slave Woman Resists, 1861 |
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211 | (3) |
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The Last Will and Testament of Patty Cooke, a Virginia Slave, 1821 |
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214 | (1) |
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Samuel Elliot, an Ex-Slave, Claims Property Lost in the Civil War, 1873 |
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215 | (30) |
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The Riddle of Property Rights in Human Beings |
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218 | (6) |
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The Legal Basis for Mastery |
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224 | (10) |
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Slave Property as Property Owners |
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234 | (10) |
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244 | (1) |
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The Roots of Resistance: Slave Cultures and Communities |
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245 | (49) |
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Margaret Ganner, a Slave Mother, Kills Her Child to Prevent Reenslavement, 1856 |
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246 | (3) |
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Description of Two Women Outlaws, c. 1850s |
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249 | (1) |
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Descriptions of Love and Courtship in Slavery |
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250 | (2) |
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Letters Showing Relations Between Slave Husbands and Wives, 1840--1863 |
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252 | (3) |
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Martin Lee and Hawkins Wilson, Two Ex-Slaves, Seek to Reunite with Their Children After Emancipation, 1866, 1867 |
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255 | (3) |
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Spotswood Rice, an Ex-Slave Soldier, Seeks to Protect His Children, 1864 |
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258 | (1) |
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Three Folktales Show How to Cope with Powerlessness, 1860s |
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259 | (3) |
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Two Slave Spirituals Express Values and Hopes |
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262 | (32) |
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Slave Communities Are Grounded in Family and Kinship |
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264 | (4) |
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Gender Roles and Gender Identity in Slave Communities |
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268 | (9) |
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The Slaves' World-View Revealed in Their Stories |
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277 | (15) |
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292 | (2) |
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Free Blacks Confront the ``Slave Power'': The Meaning of Freedom in a Slave Society |
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294 | (40) |
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Henry Highland Garnet Urges Slaves to Resist, August 1843 |
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295 | (3) |
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Frederick Douglass Opposes Free Black Emigration, September 1851 |
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298 | (2) |
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Rosetta Douglass Describes Her Father and Mother at Home, 1851--1853 |
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300 | (1) |
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Charlotte Forten Protests the Trial of a Fugitive Slave, 1854 |
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301 | (3) |
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Frederick Douglass Urges Resistance to Oppression, 1857 |
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304 | (1) |
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Oberlin Graduate Rev. Richard Winsor Describes the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave, 1858 |
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305 | (29) |
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The Roots of Resistance in Free Black Communities |
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308 | (13) |
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Manhood and Womanhood in a Slave Society |
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321 | (11) |
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332 | (2) |
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Civil War and Emancipation |
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334 | (34) |
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Captain C. B. Wilder, a Civil War Relief Worker, Describes Flight from Slavery, 1863 |
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335 | (1) |
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Corporal Octave Johnson, a Union Soldier, Describes His Escape from Slavery During the War, 1864 |
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336 | (1) |
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John C. P. Wederstrandt and I. N. Steele, Two Slaveholders, Lose Control of Their Slave Labor, 1862, 1865 |
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337 | (2) |
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Private Hubbard Pryor as a Slave and as a Union Soldier, c. 1864 |
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339 | (1) |
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Slave Fugitives Tell Their Stories to Charlotte Forten, 1863 |
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340 | (1) |
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Charlotte Forten Describes the Celebration of Emancipation in the Heart of the Confederacy, January 1, 1863 |
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340 | (2) |
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A Freedom Song from the Civil War Era |
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342 | (26) |
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343 | (13) |
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The Slaves Strike for Freedom |
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356 | (11) |
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367 | (1) |
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The Work of Reconstruction |
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368 | (49) |
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African Americans in Richmond, Virginia, Petition President Andrew Johnson, 1865 |
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370 | (2) |
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Freedmen of Edisto Island, South Carolina, Demand Land, 1865 |
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372 | (1) |
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Captain Charles Soule, Northern Army Officer, Lectures Ex-Slaves on the Responsibilities of Freedom, 1865 |
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373 | (2) |
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A Share-Wages Contract, 1865 |
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375 | (1) |
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Charles Raushenberg, a Freedmen's Bureau Agent, Reports from Georgia, 1867 |
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376 | (3) |
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Elizabeth Botume, a Northern Schoolteacher, Remembers a Husband and Wife Reunion, c. 1865 |
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379 | (2) |
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Dave Waldrop, a Florida Freedman, Seeks to Reunite His Family, 1867 |
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381 | (1) |
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Harriet Hernandes, a South Carolina Woman, Testifies Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1871 |
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381 | (5) |
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Elected Representatives, 1872 |
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386 | (31) |
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388 | (13) |
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401 | (6) |
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407 | (10) |
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