Cherokee Homefront
A letter written by Sarah Watie, wife of the leader of the Cherokee, describing the toll the American Civil War took on their nation.
A letter written by Sarah Watie, wife of the leader of the Cherokee, describing the toll the American Civil War took on their nation.
Two letters that illustrate Choctaw slaveholding and demonstrate that enslaved people were caught up in the removal of the Choctaw Nation.
This painting by Eastman Johnson reveals the living conditions of enslaved people in urban centers.
Photographs of women who disguised themselves as men to fight during the Civil War.
A newspaper article that recounts Black women’s participation in political meetings.
A video reenactment of a speech given by Black activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper at the 11th National Woman’s Rights Convention in 1866.
The story of a free Black woman who built a life in Oregon.
The story of the enslaved woman who challenged slavery in the highest court in the U.S.
The story of Elizabeth Jennings, who fought the segregation of New York City streetcars in 1854.
The constitution of the first female abolitionist society, started by free Black women in Massachusetts.