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ContentsI. Antebellum Slavery
A. People & Events
II. Abolitionism• Fanny Kemble and Pierce Butler
• Conditions of antebellum slavery
• Butler Island
• The Weeping TimeB. Historical Documents
• "Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race"
• Letter from Henry Tayloe on the domestic slave trade
• E. S. Abdy description of a Washington, D.C., slave pen
• H. E. Hayward and slave nurse Louisa
• George Fitzhugh advocates slavery
• A slave experience of being sold south
• "On the Management of the Butler Estate"
• Francis Anne Kemble as Bianca
• Butler plantation slave
• Slave quarters on St. Georges Island
• Daguerreotype of Pierce Butler
• "Family Group ('The Hidden Witness')"
• Letters to R. C. Ballard regarding slave woman abuse
• Flogging a Slave Fastened to the Ground
• An American Slave Market
• The case of Mrs. Margaret Douglass
• Pierce Butler's Philadelphia mansion
• James Henry Hammond advocates slavery
• "What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation"
• Journal of a Residence on a Georgian PlantationC. Modern Voices
• Cornelia Bailey on Butler Island and slave life
• Cornelia Bailey on the Weeping Time
• Catherine Clinton on the Weeping Time
• William Dunsinberre on the Weeping Time
• Eric Foner on slavery
• James Horton on the legacy of slavery
• James Horton on antebellum slavery
• Norrece Jones on Butler Island and slave life
• Nell Irvan Painter on soul murder and slavery
• William Scarborough on antebellum slavery
• Margaret Washington on Butler Island and slave life
• Deborah Gray White on the legacy of slavery
• Deborah Gray White on the importance of family
A. People & Events
III. Fugitive Slaves and Northern Racism• David Walker
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Henry Highland Garnet
• Frederick Douglass
• National Negro convention movement
• Other Abolitionists
• Pennsylvania HallB. Historical Documents
• David Walker's Appeal
• The Liberator: "To the Public"
• Editorial Regarding "Walker's Appeal"
• Abolitionist Samuel J. May confronts a northern merchant
• Angelina Grimké Weld's speech at Pennsylvania Hall
• Garnet's "Call to Rebellion"
• Portrait of Henry Highland Garnet
• Antislavery convention
• "Executive Committee of Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society"
• "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"
• Letter to Garrison from Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Portrait of William Lloyd Garrison
• Portrait of Frederick DouglassC. Modern Voices
• David Blight on racism in the abolitionist movement
• David Blight on William Lloyd Garrison
• David Blight on David Walker
• David Blight on Pennsylvania Hall
• Eric Foner on the abolitionist movement
• Eric Foner on abolitionists and violence
• Eric Foner on the abolitionist vision
• Eric Foner on David Walker
• William Scarborough on the South and the abolitionist movement
• William Scarborough on David Walker
• Margaret Washington on moral suasion
A. People & Events
IV. Westward Expansion• The Underground Railroad
• Race-based legislation in the North
• Harriet Jacobs
• Harriet Tubman
• Slave narratives and Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Anthony Burns captured
B. Historical Documents
• Fugitives Arriving at Indiana Farm
• Levi Coffin's Underground Railroad station
• Runaway notice for Harriet Jacobs
• A Northern Freeman Enslaved by Northern Hands
• Anthony Burns notice
• Rendition of Anthony Burns
• Anthony Burns speaks
• Letter from Anthony Burns to the Baptist Church
• A Ride for Liberty -- Fugitive Slaves
• "Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple"
• Incident in Troy, New York
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
• Letter from Harriet Jacobs to Ednah Dow Cheney
• Portrait of Harriet Tubman
C. Modern Voices
• David Blight on slave narratives and Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Nell Irvan Painter on northern racism
• Margaret Washington on northern racism
• Margaret Washington on Harriet Jacobs
• Deborah Gray White on northern racism
A. People & Events
V. The Civil War• Indian removal
• Dred Scott's fight for freedom
• The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act
• Bleeding KansasB. Historical Documents
• Andrew Jackson's Second Annual Message
• Cherokee letter protesting the Treaty of New Echota
• Letter describing new cotton lands
• The Trail of Tears
• "Free State Battery, 1856"
• Letter from Edward Bridgman
• Portrait of Dred Scott
• Dred Scott case: the Supreme Court decision
• Lincoln's "House Divided" speechC. Modern Voices
• David Blight on the Dred Scott decision
• Eric Foner on the Fugitive Slave Act
• Eric Foner on the role of westward expansion
• James Horton on Bleeding Kansas
• Noel Ignatiev on the role of westward expansion
• William Scarborough on Bleeding Kansas
A. People
• John Brown
• The raid on Harpers Ferry
• John Brown's black raiders
• The Civil War and emancipationB. Historical Documents
• Diary of a Refugee
• Portrait of John Brown
• "Harpers Ferry" headline
• John Brown Holds Hostage at Bay with Rifle
• Last words from John A. Copeland to family
• John Brown's address to the court
• "War Begun" headline
• Slaves, Plantation of James Joyner Smith, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Company E, 4th United States Colored Infantry
• Retaliation in camp
• A Visit from the Old MistressC. Modern Voices
• James Horton on Harpers Ferry
• Noel Ignatiev on the Civil War and emancipation
• William Scarborough on the Civil War and emancipation
