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Admissions and Course of Study, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Founded in 1868, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute educated and trained hundreds of African Americans to be teachers. Although African Americans had been denied the opportunity for education during slavery, Hampton required its students (ages…
A Spring Scene Near Richmond, Virginia
After slavery, African Americans controlled their own labor and by the end of the nineteenth century more African Americans owned their own farms in Virginia than in any other state.
A Catalogue of Anti-Slavery publications in America (title page)
Abolitionist Samuel May Jr, the compiler, sent this copy to fellow abolitionist Lysander Spooner with a note that “give me additions to this catalogue, or corrections of it, I shall be much obliged.”
"The Emancipation Celebration. Line of March—Opinion of our Citizens"
A few days before holding an Emancipation Proclamation celebration in October 1890, Richmond residents debated what should be the proper date for commemorating the abolition of slavery.
"The Charleston Slave Market"
Engraving of slave auction
"Slaves Waiting for Sale, Virginia"
Sketch of enslaved people
"Slave Auction at Richmond, Virginia"
Engraving of auction
"Sketching at a Slave Auction"
Article describing auction