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Mumbet Court Records. Brom & Bett vs. J. Ashley Esq.
This is a link to the Mumbet Court Case where a slave girl used the Massachusetts State Constitution to sue for freedom.
Condemnation of Slavery published in Philadelphia
A photo of Benjamin Lay's publication of abolishing slavery and advocating for anti-slavery through Christian means.
Tags: Abolition leader, Religious Leader
Drawing of Anthony Benezet
Anthony Benezet instructing colored children
Round The Circle Of Buyers The Auctioneer Led The Slaves.
An illustration of a slave market in Marrakesh by British landscape and figure painter, Archibald Stevenson Forrest.
Watercolor reproductions of Forrest's oil paintings appeared in a series of travel books published by A & C Black in the early…
Watercolor reproductions of Forrest's oil paintings appeared in a series of travel books published by A & C Black in the early…
Tags: Slave Sale, Slavery
Observations on the inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes with some advice thereon extracted form [sic] the Yearly Meeting epistle of London for the present year : also some remarks on the absolute necessity of self-denial, renouncing the world, and true charity for all such as sincerely desire to be our blessed Saviour's disciples.
Pamphlet by Anthony Benezet giving his opinions on the enslavement of African Americans. A letter to the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends
Descripción de la costa de Salé que comprende desde Cavo Blanco
This is a map that shows the coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Salé.
Am I not a Man and a Brother?
This source exemplifies he collective abolitionist idea that slaves are men and humans too. Followed by a verse by J.G. Whittier, it shows a man kneeling asking for freedom.
Tags: Abolition, anti-slavery, propaganda
Cracking the Enigma: Codebreaking in World War II
This educational module on Allied efforts to break Axis codes and cyphers during World War II. The information obtained from decoded messages proved essential to battlefield success and, ultimately, an Allied victory. Using a selection of primary…
Revenge and Reconciliation: The Nuremberg Trials
This educational module examines the origins and the signifiance of the Nuremberg Trials. Following the end of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations formed the International Military Tribunal to put on trial an punish those who committed…
Tags: Post-War, United Nations, World War II