Slavery - The National Archives
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As soon as Europeans began to settle in America, in the early 16th century, they imported enslaved Africans to work for them.
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Slavery and Emancipation in the Nation's Capital
Slavery: The National Archives Education Service, PDF, Atlantic Slave Trade
THEME 4 Metropolitan Movements Towards Emancipation Complete With Objectives, PDF, Abolitionism
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The 1865 Handwritten Order Marking Juneteenth Has Been Found - The
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Slavery - The National Archives
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District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act - Wikipedia
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U.S. National Archives — This slave manifest for the brig Orleans, which
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1850 and 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules, St. Louis Integrated Database of Enslavement
Washington at the Plow]
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Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery - The National Archives Shop
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Slave ships - The National Archives
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Peter (enslaved man) - Wikiwand
Adrienne Davis Don't Let Nobody Bother Yo' Principle, PDF, Slavery
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Old slave list from the national archives Seychelles Stock Photo
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The Value of the Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives - The