19th Century
Abolition
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Slavery
Fugitive slaves
Quakers
Women's rights
Women's suffrage
Women and politics
Feminism
Revolts and protest
Underground railroad
Escapes
Quilting and visual storytelling
Sarah Moore Grimke
(1792-1873)
Angelina Emily Grimke Weld
(1805-1879)
Amos Bronson Alcott
(1799-1888)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1883)
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862)
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As you read through some of the reference entries:
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves
by United States Works Project Administration
Project Gutenberg
American Negro Slavery: A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime
by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
Project Gutenberg
The Grimke Sisters
by Catherine H. Birney
Project Gutenberg