The story of a Black woman who rose from plantation slave to plantation mistress in colonial Florida.
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This poem by Phillis Wheatley demonstrates how enslaved and free Black people saw the American Revolution as an opportunity to end the systematic oppression of Black people in the colonies.
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This ledger records the biographical information about every enslaved or free Black person who evacuated New York with the British at the end of the war.
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The story of the enslaved woman whose court case set the legal precedent to abolish slavery in Massachusetts.
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The story of an enslaved woman whose bid for freedom failed during the American Revolution.
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The indenture contract of nine-year-old Elizabeth Fortune reveals the opportunities available to young free black women in colonial New York.
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These court cases reveal how enslaved Black people in Virginia sought freedom in the courts after the colonial government made manumitting enslaved people the responsibility of the government.
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This portrait shows how free Black women in Spanish Louisiana turned an oppressive law into a celebration of individuality and culture.
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