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Dred and Harriet Scott Statue
Image by US National Park Service

Dred and Harriet Scott Statue

Dred and Harriet Scott Statue in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, outside the old courthouse, photo by NPS.
The Breathtaking Courage of Harriet Tubman - Janell Hobson
Video by TED-Ed

The Breathtaking Courage of Harriet Tubman - Janell Hobson

Take a closer look at the life of escaped slave and American icon Harriet Tubman (1822–1913 CE), who liberated over 700 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad. — Download a free audiobook version of "The Underground Railroad"...
Harriet Jacobs, 1813-1897
Video by Susanna Lee

Harriet Jacobs, 1813-1897

A brief biography of Harriet Jacobs.
Underground Railroad
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Underground Railroad - Pathways to Freedom

The Underground Railroad was a decentralized network of White abolitionists, free Blacks, former slaves, Mexicans, Native Americans, and others opposing slavery in the United States who established secret routes and havens to help slaves...
Henry Clinton
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Henry Clinton

Sir Henry Clinton (l. c. 1730-1795) was a British military officer who served as commander-in-chief of the British Army in the later stages of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Having arrived in Boston in May 1775, he served in...
Former Slave Narratives from Canada
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Former Slave Narratives from Canada - "I thought it best to come to Canada and live as I pleased."

Enslaved Blacks in the United States, seeking freedom, often fled to Canada, especially after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 compelled citizens in free states to help slave-catchers apprehend them. Although they frequently faced racial prejudice...
American Civil War
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

American Civil War - The Birthpangs of the United States

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was the pivotal event in United States history and the largest armed conflict in the Western world following the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) and prior to the beginning of the First World War (1914...
William Still
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

William Still - Father of the Underground Railroad

William Still (1819-1902) was an African American abolitionist known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad" for his efforts in helping to free between 600 to 800 people from slavery. Born the son of formerly enslaved parents, Still devoted...
David 'Davy' Crockett
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

David 'Davy' Crockett - Celebrity Martyr of the Alamo

David 'Davy' Crockett (1786-1836) was a soldier, frontiersman, politician, storyteller, and, long before his famous death at the Alamo on 6 March 1836, a celebrity. Scholar Michael Wallis writes: Perhaps more than anyone of his time, David...
The Heroic Slave
Article by Joshua J. Mark

The Heroic Slave - Frederick Douglass' Novella of the Creole Mutiny

Abolitionist author, orator and statesman Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) is well-known for his speeches, autobiography, and other works addressing the issue of slavery in the United States in the 19th century, but, in 1853, he wrote his only...
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