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Permission to Walk Out: They Didn’t Ask, I Didn’t Give It
This principal issued over 100 discipline referrals last week—and he couldn’t be more proud.
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Rebounding From Hate
When members of this middle school basketball team experienced bigotry and harassment, they had a choice: Give up or rise up.
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Branding Slaves
This is an image of enslavers burning brands into the skin of people they enslaved, this engraving illustrates the way that enslaved people were treated as property.
December 13, 2017
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Confederate Script
Digital, in-color images of Confederate bills: $1, $2, $5, $10, $50, $500.
December 14, 2017
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Male Prisoners Hoeing a Field
The photo shows African-American men hoeing in the field of a prison.
December 14, 2017
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Cabin from Point of Pines Plantation in Charleston County, South Carolina
This cabin served as housing for enslaved persons in South Carolina. Despite some changes since emancipation, the house provides insight into the living conditions of enslaved persons on large southern plantations.
December 14, 2017
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The Land We Love (1866)
This table compares southerners and British people using 1860 census data.
December 15, 2017
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Negroes for Sale
This is an image of an advertisement for a slaver's auction. It describes the enslaved people available for purchase.
December 15, 2017
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Poster Warning Blacks in Boston: Kidnappers
The Fugitive Slave Law, passed September 18, 1850, denied a jury trial to any individual accused of escaping from slavery.
December 15, 2017
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Stowage on the Slave Ship Brookes, 1788
This 18th century sketch depicts how enslaved people were packed into ships on the Middle Passage.
January 4, 2018