Collection of Images, Documents, Stories, and Biographies (1450-1865)
Speeches/Newspaper Articles/Publications
"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
Excerpt from a speech given by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York in 1852.
"Free Blacks Address the Enslaved" by the National Humanities Center
Excerpts of three different speeches given by Henry Highland Garnet, Willis Hodges, and Frederick Douglass as well as an excerpt from The Liberator newspaper
"Aint I a Woman?" by Sojourner Tuth
Two different versions of text of the speech Sojourner Truth gave at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Ohio
"Our Paper and Its Prospects" from the North Star
Transcript of excerpt from Frederick Douglas' newspaper The North Star
Excerpts from David Walker's Appeal
Diaries/Memoirs/Letters
James Henry Gooding's Letter to Abraham Lincoln
Transcript of James Henry Gooding's letter to Abraham Lincoln protesting unequal pay for Black soldiers
Diary of Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood from the National Humanities Center
Diary of Christian Abraham Fleetwood, an African American soldier who received the Congressional Medal of Honor
"In Their Own Words" from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Diaries and letters by African American soldiers (includes Civil War era)
"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs
Excerpts from Harriet Jacob's autobiography
"Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup
Excerpts from Solomon Northup's autobiography (includes lesson plan)
"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
Excerpts from Frederick Douglass' autobiography
Photographs
"The Black Soldiers of the Civil War" by Smithsonian Magazine
Collection of photographs of African American soldiers during the Civil War
Artwork
"Storming Fort Wagner" by Library of Congress
Artistic depiction of the Second Battle at Fort Wagner
"Horrid Massacre in Virginia" by Library of Congress
Artistic depiction of Nat Turner's rebellion
"Christina Riot 1851" by Blackpast
Artistic depiction of the resistance to slave catchers in Christina, Pennsylvania 1851
