Fugitive Slave Archives

When you read Slavery’s Constitution, there was a tension as to whether the US government saw enslaved people as people or property. According to your readings and fugitive slave ads, how did enslaved people prove their humanity?Explain

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Ambrose

Fugitive Slave Project: Instruction, Essay Prompts, sample Source selection This project will consist of you reading primary sources about how enslaved people ran for their freedom in the lead up to the Civil War. You will then explore the Freedom on the Move Database which contain Fugitive Slave advertisements (warrant ads). Finally, you will assemble […]

Using the library’s digital archive, find one other archival article illustrating one of these same historical tensions. Describe the archival source you find and how it is connected to one of our assigned readings.

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Ambrose

In both the THE_BROOKLYN Fugitive Slave Case and the Great Excitement in the Eleventh Ward Old & New Police Clash NYT 1957.pdf article, NYC police were caught within a much larger racial/ethnic political struggle. Using the library’s digital archive, find one other archival article illustrating one of these same historical tensions. Describe the archival source […]

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When you read Slavery’s Constitution, there was a tension as to whether the US government saw enslaved people as people or property. According to your readings and fugitive slave ads, how did enslaved people prove their humanity?Explain

Using the library’s digital archive, find one other archival article illustrating one of these same historical tensions. Describe the archival source you find and how it is connected to one of our assigned readings.