Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Gallery
This gallery contains a selection of items from the Georgetown Slavery Archive.
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Sale of Maryland Jesuit's Enslaved
These archival materials relate to the sale of 272 men, women, and children by Rev. Thomas Mulledy in 1838 to Louisiana.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Slavery in the Maryland Province
This is a collection of documents related to slavery in the Maryland Province.
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Slavery at Georgetown College
These historical documents are related to slavery at Georgetown College.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive the Maryland Province's Enslaved
This is a collection of items related to the Maryland Province's enslaved community in Louisiana, and their descendants.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Descendant's Stories
This collection includes family histories, biographies, oral and video history, and archival material about the descendants of people owned by the Jesuits of the Maryland Province, including those sold to Louisiana in 1838.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Memory and Reconciliation
The items in Memory & Reconciliation relate to contemporary efforts to acknowledge and reflect on Georgetown's history of slavery, highlighting the work of Georgetown faculty, staff, and students, along with descendants of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Life for Enslaved Men and Women
During the nineteenth century, enslaved African Americans worked on large plantations in the US South under brutal conditions.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Celia, a Slave Trial (1855)
For nineteen-year-old Celia, a slave on a Missouri farm, five years of being repeatedly raped by her middle-aged owner was enough. On the night of June 23, 1855, she would later tell a reporter, "the Devil got into me" and Celia fatally...
iCivics
I Civics: Slavery: No Freedom, No Rights
From the basics about slavery to the attitudes that defended it and the efforts of those who wanted to see it abolished, in this instructional activity students learn about this dark part of America's past.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Anglo American Colonization in Texas: Negro Slavery
Describes the role slavery played in Texas in the mid-1800s, and the cotton plantations' role in the Texas economy.
PBS
Pbs: Africans in America: Slavery and the Origins of the Civil War
An article by Columbia University historian Eric Foner that discusses how long-standing views of the role of slavery in America began to be challenged during the civil rights era of the 1960s by a new generation of historians, whose work...
Chicago History Museum
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Certificates of Freedom 1844
View authentic certificates of freedom for John and Mary Jones issued in 1844.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The Underground Railroad
A detailed look at how the Underground Railroad worked, some of the activists working against slavery, and some of the unique ways slaves managed to escape. Also discusses the economy that existed around the practice of slave tracking...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The 1860s: To Be a Slave
Here is a very brief description of what life was like for slaves before the Emancipation Proclamation. Includes a photo of a slave named Washington Edwards, who was brought to Texas before the Mexican War.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Margaret Garner
Brief biographical sketch on Margaret Garner, a fugitive slave woman who murdered her daughter and tried to kill her other childern so they wouldn't be returned to a life of slavery.
Yale University
Yale University: Gilder Lehrman Center
A site that is dedicated to helping people understand slavery and its role in the development of our world.
Black Past
Black Past: Jordan Hatcher Case (1852)
Learn about the slave Jordan Hatcher who was charged with killing and assaulting a white man and how his trail affected others.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Buying Freedom From Slavery
Interesting discussion on the methods used by slaves to acquire the money to help them buy their freedom.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: History of Slavery in the United States
Kids learn about the history of slavery in the United States on this site. The site includes information about slave codes, abolitionism, free states, and slave states.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Stained Glass Window
Immaculate Heart of Mary has been the center of Catholic religious life for many members of the GU272 and their descendants since the period after emancipation. This shows the stained glass window from Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic...
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive How Do I Know if I'm Related to Gu272?
A brief guide to determining your genealogical connections to the GU272, composed by the Georgetown Memory Project.
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Further Reading
The Georgetown Slavery Archive is a repository of materials relating to the Maryland Jesuits, Georgetown University, and slavery. This page is a list of references for further research on slavery.
Other
Issuu: Garden: Gonzaga Poets Respond to the Slavery Research Project
View a book of poems written by Gonzaga High School students in response to learning about slavery through the Georgetown Slavery Archive.