Runaway Slaves
This advertisement about a runaway enslaved woman contains fascinating clues about her life.
This advertisement about a runaway enslaved woman contains fascinating clues about her life.
These pages from the log book of the Sloop Rhode Island starkly demonstrate the treatment of enslaved people during the Middle Passage.
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.
The story of the enslaved woman whose court case set the legal precedent to abolish slavery in Massachusetts.
The story of an enslaved woman whose bid for freedom failed during the American Revolution.
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.
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.
The story of one of the first enslaved women brought to New Netherland.
This is the story of an enslaved woman who was accused of burning down forty-five homes and businesses in Montreal in 1734.
This is the story of a free Black orphan who ran afoul of the courts in New Amsterdam and was ultimately enslaved.