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Slave quarters on a plantation near Charleston, S.C. in 1860; stereograph No. 24. Original photograph probably taken by Osborn & Durbec, Charleston, S.C.

Three manuscript pages of two sharecropping contracts signed by the Winthrops and the contracted individuals with an X over their names. These contracts contain the terms of the annual rent for land such as acreage to be farmed, payment, and type of…

A small notebook with Geo. Whitfield printed on the first page followed by manuscript entries. The notebook documents the financial transactions of Geo. Whitfield around Tallahassee, Florida, including his business transactions regarding slaves he…

The 1911 Day Book from R.F. Van Brunt’s store in the Iamonia Community and two contracts found in a 1911 store ledger. The Day Book documents the quotidian financial transactions of the store and its customers, many of whom sharecropped on Van…

Hester Jane Carr, born in 1816 in Accomack County, Va., to free parents, moved to New York City in 1835, and found work as a house servant. In 1836, she met a woman from Columbus, Georgia, who offered Hester work as a "waiting maid." During their…

Material comes from folder titled "Desegregation, 1966," and contains information and resources for school desegregation. The publication "Guidelines for School Desegregation" was from the Equal Education Opportunities Program of the Office of…

These materials come from the folder "Warren County Race Question, 1964," containing correspondence involving the Warren County, NC branch of the NAACP, NC Board of Education, and the Governor's Office. The three letters regard the Warren County…

Obverse: Diamond-shaped tin slave badge, designed to be worn suspended by a leather thong tied around the neck; 2 mm hole in top corner.
Legend:CHARLESTON/9/SERVANT/1827
Reverse: Blank. Legend (bottom corner): LAFAR

Letter written by former enslaved man Lotsey White to Howard Montague inquiring on the whereabouts of various family members that had been sold off separately from herself.

April 20, 1827 letter from Joseph Watson to Colonel Philip Hickey informing him of the situation of the kidnapped African American children and offering evidence that one of the enslaved children on his plantation, James Dailley, may be one of the…