Diana Paton writes: "In her letter, Mary Williamson briefly recounts her life. She explains that after the death of Mr Tumoning, who had bought her and freed her, she moved back to the estate of her former owner so as to be close to her family. In particular, she wanted to be close to her … Continue reading BLOGROLL/SOURCE: Paton Shares Letter from Mary Williamson to Former Owner | History Workshop
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SOURCE: David Walker’s Appeal | Africans in America
Excerpts from David Walker's Appeal, In Four Articles: Together With A Preamble To The Coloured Citizens Of The World, But In Particular, And Very Expressly, To Those Of The United States Of America (1829) via Africans in America: "Having travelled over a considerable portion of these United States, and having, in the course of my … Continue reading SOURCE: David Walker’s Appeal | Africans in America
DIGITAL/RESOURCE: Murray County Museum – Vann Slaves Remember
A digital resource from 2003, hosted by the Murray County Museum and compiled by Herman McDaniel, excerpting WPA ex-slave interviews that reference the Vanns, a Cherokee slaveholding family from the 19th century: "The people conducting the interviews from 1936-1938 were instructed to write the material gleaned from the interviews as closely as possible to the … Continue reading DIGITAL/RESOURCE: Murray County Museum – Vann Slaves Remember
DIGITAL/RESOURCE: The Domestic Slave Trade Collection by AAME | Schomburg
Resources on the U.S. Domestic Slave Trade compiled by researchers at the Schomburg via In Motion: The African American Migration Experience. Explore: The Domestic Slave Trade: AAME
DIGITAL: Frederick Douglass in Baltimore: 1836-1838
Digital project mapping Frederick Douglass's life in Baltimore: "In 1836, following his failed escape attempt on the Eastern Shore, Douglass returned to Baltimore at the order of Thomas Auld. In his three autobiographies, Douglass goes to some lengths to account for this unexpected action on Auld's part, as he had previously been threatened with being … Continue reading DIGITAL: Frederick Douglass in Baltimore: 1836-1838
SOURCE/TEACHING: Purchased Lives Annotated Resource Set | The Historic New Orleans Collection
via the Historic New Orleans Collection: "From the colonial period and into statehood, slavery was a ubiquitous element of everyday life in New Orleans and Louisiana—affecting all parts of the local community, economy, and culture. The official end of the international slave trade, marked by the signing into law of An Act to Prohibit the … Continue reading SOURCE/TEACHING: Purchased Lives Annotated Resource Set | The Historic New Orleans Collection
DIGITAL: The David Walker Memorial Project
Community Change, Inc. runs a digital project on David Walker and David Walker's Appeal: We’re a diverse group of folks who studied David Walker and his role in the anti-slavery struggle during a Black history seminar series in Boston. We were struck by the fact that, despite his pioneering contribution to ending slavery in the … Continue reading DIGITAL: The David Walker Memorial Project
DIGITAL/SOURCE: Katz and Nyong’o Exhibit on Mary Jones and Print Culture | Outhistory
Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong'o analyze the print material generated by the case of Mary Jones/Peter Sewally: "Katz and Nyong’o present "Visualizing the Man-Monster," an original on-line exhibit created for the debut of Pop-Up Soho, a production of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History. "The Man-Monster was also seen on a computer at the … Continue reading DIGITAL/SOURCE: Katz and Nyong’o Exhibit on Mary Jones and Print Culture | Outhistory
BLOGROLL: Katz on Mary Jones, Gender, Slavery, and TransHistory | OutHistory
Jonathan Ned Katz analyzes the case of Mary Jones/Peter Sewally a sex worker of African descent arrested in 1830s New York: "Sewally's court testimony of 1836 provides us the earliest American evidence of a supportive link between female prostitutes and a man who, at least sometimes, had sex with men. The newspaper reports of that … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Katz on Mary Jones, Gender, Slavery, and TransHistory | OutHistory
SOURCE: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery Free on Project Gutenberg
Available for free. See: Books by United States. Work Projects Administration (sorted by popularity) - Project Gutenberg
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