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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…
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
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.
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
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
Drawing of Anthony Benezet
Anthony Benezet instructing colored children
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
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.
Frederick Douglass appealing to President Lincoln and his cabinet
"Frederick Douglass appealing to President Lincoln and his cabinet to enlist Negroes," mural by William Edouard Scott, at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Tags: Abolition leader, Resistance, Thought Leader
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Youth in Crisis: Children in the Holocaust
This educational module explores the experiences of children during the Holocaust. Through a diverse selection of primary sources, this module tells…