The life story of a woman who served with the 33rd U.S. Colored Infantry and struggled to find her place in the Reconstruction Era.
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Objects made by the hands of women to raise consciousness and money for the abolition of slavery.
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The story of two southern white women who became leading abolitionists and women’s rights activists.
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The story of Elizabeth Jennings, who fought the segregation of New York City streetcars in 1854.
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Excerpts from the slave narrative of Harriet Jacobs.
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The story of the Underground Railroad’s most famous conductor and Civil War soldier.
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The story of an enslaved woman who became one of the most important social justice activists in American history.
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An excerpt from Lydia Maria Child’s dramatic retelling of the attack on Lawrence, Kansas.
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Two examples of antebellum propaganda written to shape the minds of children.
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Two documents that demonstrate some ways enslaved women resisted slavery in the antebellum period.
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