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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The story of a woman for sale in colonial New York.
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The story of an enslaved black woman caught up in the hysteria of the 1741 slave uprising.
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Margueritte Wiltz’s petition to marry a Spanish soldier captures the early expressions of white supremacy in Spanish Louisiana.
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This advertisement about a runaway enslaved woman contains fascinating clues about her life.
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This letter demonstrates that Russian colonial efforts relied on intermarriage between Russian traders and Native women.
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These pages from the log book of the Sloop Rhode Island starkly demonstrate the treatment of enslaved people during the Middle Passage.
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The story of the Cherokee leader who tried to keep her people safe during the American Revolution.
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Soldiers’ accounts of encounters with a Haudenosaunee woman who lost everything during General John Sullivan’s raids against Native communities in New York.
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