Benjamin Lay

Benjamin Lay

This source comes from the New York Public Library Digital Collections and was published in 1843. The source addresses the man by the name of Benjamin Lay. To better understand this source, it is important to know the history of slavery in the United States. Slavery...
West Indies – Kingstown, St. Vincent’s

West Indies – Kingstown, St. Vincent’s

Home to, now, approximately forty-five million individuals, the Caribbean or better known as The West Indies, makes up 1,063,000 square miles of beautiful, tropical islands. The Caribbean sovereign states consist of thirteen countries that are located in the Caribbean...
The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order declaring that all slaves who were in Confederate territory be set free. It was issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War as it approached its third year in 1863. This changed the lives of more than...
Dred Scott v. Sandford

Dred Scott v. Sandford

The Dred Scott vs. Sandford case is one of the most important court cases of 19th century. Starting at the St. Louis Circuit Court it made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States. This ruling in favor of Sandford was a landmark case before the American Civil...
A Mother’s Anguish

A Mother’s Anguish

¹ ¹  ¹ ((Schneider, Eric B. 2017. “Children’s Growth in an Adaptive Framework: Explaining the Growth Patterns of American Slaves and Other Historical Populations.” Economic History Review 70 (1): 3–29. doi:10.1111/ehr.12484.))   A Mother’s Anguish² ((Schomburg...