Courtesy of the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
Courtesy of the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
From the role of women to its global scope, here are some lesser-known facts about the transport and enslavement of African people.
In navigating lives of privation and brutality, enslaved people haggled, often daily, for liberties small and large.
From elaborate disguises to communicating in code to fighting back, enslaved people found multiple paths to freedom.
Debate over the Wilmot Proviso inflamed North-South divisions ahead of the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman, former slave, is known for her role in the underground railroad, but did you know she served in the union army as a soldier and a spy?
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