In this story, Elizabeth and her family escape their plantation in the middle of the night with help from Harriet Tubman.

One stormy night Gabriel Prosser visits Rachel’s house to ask her mother to sew a flag for his rebellion.

Juni teaches her friend Michael all she knows about the first Memorial Day—the day when thousands of black people marched to remember their loved ones who had died in the Civil War.

This story tells the history of Gullah people in Georgia and South Carolina who continue to fight to preserve their land and culture.

These images show some of the many African Americans who fought or worked for the Union Army in the Civil War.

William Wells Brown was born into slavery and later escaped to become one of the foremost supporters of abolition.

Mary loves Sunday mornings and the spirituals that give her and Mama hope.

Patty, a young enslaved girl, shares some insight about life on a South Carolina plantation.

Nat Turner was an American freedom fighter who led one of history’s most successful revolts by enslaved people in Southampton County, VA.

Frederick Douglass made an amazing journey from slavery to freedom. Once free, Douglass committed his life to fighting for the freedom of others.