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19C African Americans continued to sing & dance
Dance, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1853 Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867. Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867.In the African...
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Former slave Catherine Ferguson 1774-1854 devotes her life to neglected...
When former slave Catherine Ferguson, a New York City woman devoted to Christian education & the care of orphans, died in 1854, her death prompted this obituary written by Lewis Tappan, an eminent...
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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Camp Meetings &...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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Ex-slave Julia Williams Wadsworth Remembers 19C America
Julia declared, "On de plantation where I work day had a great big horn blow every mornin to get de slaves up to de field, I allus get up soon after it blew, most allways, but this mornin dey blew de...
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The African American Nanny after the Civil War - Paintings & Photos
Lee Greene Richards (1878–1950) Nanny Holding a Baby 1911While browsing the blog American Gallery, I was stopped short by the painting above. I would have expected the painting to be done by a...
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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Traveling in New...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl of North Carolina - The Master & Sex
1894 Harriet Jacobs 1813-1894INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Harriet Ann Jacobs 1813-1897EDITED BY L. MARIA CHILD. BOSTON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR....
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Ex-slave Ellen Thomas, about 89, Remembers 19C America
Ellen said that her training as a house servant was very broad and involved every feature of a well kept household of that period. She has special pride in her ability to serve at table, particularly...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl of North Carolina - Brother Ben
1894 Harriet Jacobs 1813-1894INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Harriet Ann Jacobs 1813-1897EDITED BY L. MARIA CHILD. BOSTON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR....
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl of North Carolina - The New Master &...
1894 Harriet Jacobs 1813-1894INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Harriet Ann Jacobs 1813-1897EDITED BY L. MARIA CHILD. BOSTON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR....
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Ex-slave Lucindy Lawrence Jurdon, abt 79, Alabama, Remembers 19C America
About slavery in the 19th century, Lucindy said, "My mother was a fine weaver and did the work for both white and colled, this is her old spinning wheel and hit can still be used. I do some times now....
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Sojourner Truth's Early Life
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth as told to Olive Gilbert 1850The Early Life of Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth, Isabella Baumfree, (c 1791-1883) HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. THE subject of this biography,...
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President Thomas Jefferson & Slavery
Thomas Jefferson by Charles Peale PolkThomas Jefferson inherited many slaves. His wife brought a dowry of more than 100 slaves, & he purchased many more throughout his life. At some periods of...
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Ex-slave Angeline Lester, about 90, Ohio, Remembers 19C America
About slavery during the 19th century, Angeline related that after the war a celebration was held in Benevolence. Georgia; and Angeline said it was here she first tested a roasted piece of meat...The...
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Free Blacks in MarylandFrom the seventeenth century on there was a growing free black population in Maryland. This population grew quickly in the antebellum years. African Americans were usually...
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Fugitive Slaves in MarylandAfrican Americans used the act of running away as part of a broader system of resisting the physical and psychological manipulation of slavery. In most instances, slaves left...
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Ex-slave Cindy Washington, about 80, Remembers 19C America
Cindy remembered, "...we was taught to read an' write, but mos' of de slaves didn't want to learn. Us little niggers would hide our books under de steps to keep f'um havin' to study. Us'd go to church...
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Ex-slave Fannie Brown Remembers 19C America
Fannie recounted, "My how dem niggers could play a fiddle back in de good ole days. On de moon-light nights, us uset to dance by de light ob de moon under a big oak tree 'till mos' time to go to work...
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Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Ice Bridge at Longue Point 1847Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in...
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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Traveling through...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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