by Umme Rabab | May 1, 2023
The Slave trade started in the mid-fifteenth century when voyagers went towards West Africa to find gold but what they found was much more important than gold – humans. These humans were sold off in Americas as slaves, soon this became a blooming business and a...
by Jaden Paul Tinio | Apr 30, 2023
The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most significant writings and speeches in America’s history. Moreover, it represents the transition from America’s slave-driven society to its abolition. Abraham Lincoln addressed this speech on January 1, 1863, during the...
by Erin Howard | Apr 30, 2023
Early discovery of the natural American world was recorded through sketches and drawings. For the European settlers that were seeking escape from their own lives, there was so much excitement that existed in the ‘New World.’ Many explorers and artists attempted to...
by Samantha Vasquez | Apr 25, 2023
The Dred Scott Case Project by: Samantha Vasquez Dred Scott was enslaved and tried to sue for the freedom of his family. To maintain balance amongst the states, in 1820 Missouri was established as a slave state while Maine was a free one. In doing so, a “customary...
by Maria Levandoski | Dec 5, 2022
The Vitascope is an early motion-picture projector that was developed from Thomas Jefferson’s Kinetoscope and patented by Thomas Armat in 1895. The creation of this projector caused a revolution around the world. By creating a device that could display images...