The encyclopedia article explains the beginning of black theatre productions at the African Grove Theatre in New York City in the early 1800's.

After an introduction to slavery in the 1800s and the role Ohio played in this issue, students will analyze two primary source documents from two very different people.

Read about the groups of people who lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the mid-1800s and fought against slavery: the Quakers, former slaves, and fugitive slaves. This article describes the efforts of both whites and blacks, who...

During the worst days of segregation, the Church served as a haven for African Americans. Read two sermons by Samuel Wallace addressing the social injustices faced by African Americans in the late 1800's.

A detailed look at the trans-Atlantic slave trade that lasted from the 1500s to the 1800s.

The resources here, including letters, photographs, official documents, and maps, represent the exodus of African Americans from the South to the Great Plains in the late 1800s.