contact us | site guide | search     This Web site is under construction. TOOLBOX HOME EMANCIPATION 1. Buying Freedom 2. Death as Freedom 3. Abolition 4. Liberia 5. Civil War I: Slaves 6. Civil War II: Soldiers 7. Emancipation, 1864-1865 8. The Institution EMANCIPATION Framing Questions   •  How did enslaved African Americans envision and pursue freedom?   •  How did free African Americans participate in anti-slavery campaigns and in individual slaves' efforts to be free?   •  How did these efforts set the stage for African Americans as a free people after the Civil War? 1.  Buying Freedom» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - Venture Smith buys his freedom, 1760 - Buying one's freedom, narrative selections, 19th-20th c. - Freedom as reward, narrative selections, 19th-20th c. 2.  Death as Freedom» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - "Grave . . . the only refuge for the slave," poem by George Moses Horton, 1828 - Suicide as freedom, narrative and newspaper selections, 19th-20th c. 3.  Abolition» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - Free blacks for abolition, addresses, mid 1800s, selections - Free blacks on abolition activism, selections from letters and statements, mid 1800s - Pamphlet by an anti-slavery society, 1847 - Songs for anti-slavery meetings, 1848 4.  Liberia» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - "Here I am a man!," selections from letters and addresses, mid 1800s - Letters from the Skipwith family, Liberia, to their former master, 1834-1846, selections - Daguerreotypes of Liberian leaders by Augustus Washington, ca. 1857 5.  Civil War I: Slaves» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - "Slavery and the War of the Rebellion," Louis Hughes narrative, 1897, Ch. 3-4 - "When the Yankees came through," WPA narratives, 1930s - Photographs of enslaved African Americans during the Civil War, 1861-1865 6.  Civil War II: Soldiers» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - Union sergeant, letter of Lewis Douglass, 1863 - Wounded Union private, letters of Spotswood Rice to his children and former owner, 1864 - Escape to the Union army, in Thomas Cole narrative, ca. 1937 - Confederate aide, in Jacob Stroyer narrative, 1898 - A mother's letter to Lincoln to protect black soldiers, 1863 - Photographs of black soldiers and sailors, 1861-1865 7.  Emancipation, 1864-1865» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - -"Let me know if we are free," a slave's letter to Lincoln, 1864 - Freedwomen's retaliation, Virginia, 1864 - "You is free as I is," narrative selections, 19th-20th c. - Emancipation parade, Charleston, 1865 - "American citizens of African descent," freedmen's statement, Tennessee, 1865 8.  The Institution» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions - "What do I think of slavery?," narrative selections, 19th-20th c. Image: Photograph (tintype) captioned "Two brothers in arms," between 1860 and 1870. LOC note: "Two unidentified African American soldiers, full-length portrait, wearing uniforms, seated with arms around each other's shoulders, facing front." Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Gladstone Collection. EMANCIPATION 1. Buying Freedom   2. Death as Freedom   3. Abolition   4. Liberia   5. Civil War I: Slaves   6. Civil War II: Soldiers   7. Emancipation, 1864-1865   8. The Institution TOOLBOX: The Making of African American Identity: Volume I, 1500-1865 Freedom | Enslavement | Community | Identity | Emancipation Contact Us | Site Guide | Search Toolbox Library: Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature National Humanities Center Web site comments and questions, contact: lmorgan@nationalhumanitiescenter.org Copyright © 2007 National Humanities Center. All rights reserved. Revised: March 2007 nationalhumanitiescenter.org