This painting by Eastman Johnson reveals the living conditions of enslaved people in urban centers.
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A letter written by Sarah Watie, wife of the leader of the Cherokee, describing the toll the American Civil War took on their nation.
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The story of a woman who survived the Union contraband camps.
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This alternate draft of the Thirteenth Amendment would have granted American women equal citizenship under the law.
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A video reenactment of a speech given by Black activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper at the 11th National Woman’s Rights Convention in 1866.
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A newspaper article that recounts Black women’s participation in political meetings.
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This ad placed illustrates the efforts ex-slaves made to reunite with their families post-Emancipation.
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Photographs of a free Black family who lived in Atlanta through the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras.
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