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Tween Tribune: This House Told a Story About the African American Experience

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A historical home acquired by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture has quite a story to tell.
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The Growth of Delaware's Antebellum Free African American Community

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Learn what it was like to be a free African American in the Wilmington community of Delaware during the 1800s. This article includes information about the types of jobs African Americans had, the property they owned, and the daily...
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Abolitionists, Free Blacks, and Runaway Slaves: Surviving Slavery in Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
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...