Franklin transformed from a slaveholder to an ardent abolitionist who believed in equal rights for African Americans under the United states Constitution. This exhibit traces the time line of Franklin\u27s views on the issue of African American bondage in America. it shows society\u27s acceptance of slavery in America in conflict with the intellectual principles on which the American revolution stood. Philip Mohr, Booth Library graduate assistant, curator (North-East side Marvin Foyer)https://thekeep.eiu.edu/ben_franklin_supportingexhibits/1009/thumbnail.jp
By analyzing historical documents, such as slave narratives and laws pertaining to the education of ...
A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered in the Music Hall in Leeds, England, on December 23, 1846, t...
Slavery is believed to have left an imprint on the American democracy. Although no regulations trea...
Franklin transformed from a slaveholder to an ardent abolitionist who believed in equal rights for A...
In this filmed lecture, Dr. Nicholas Buccola (associate professor of political science at Linfield C...
• 1441 Portugal begins slave trade between Africa and Europe. • 1520 Disease decimates Native Americ...
Eighteenth century efforts made by the founding fathers of the United States of America provided the...
Slavery and Abolition in the US: Select Publications of the 1800s is a digital collection of books a...
Like most abolitionists, Lincoln denounced slavery as an unmitigated moral evil that violated the fo...
• 1441 Portugal begins slave trade between Africa and Europe. • 1520 Disease decimates Native Americ...
From fireplaces to freedom, Franklin\u27s intellectual interests cover almost all subjects. Examples...
“A Papered Freedom” is a systematic study of how enslaved and self-emancipated African Americans eng...
Undoing Slavery: American Abolitionism in Transnational Perspective (1776-1865) is a collection of s...
Judge Roger J Miner, \u2756, with Marshal Frank Peo, Judge James Foley, and Judge Howard Munson, vie...
The courageous effort of enslaved Africans to acquire English literacy is an often-ignored story tha...
By analyzing historical documents, such as slave narratives and laws pertaining to the education of ...
A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered in the Music Hall in Leeds, England, on December 23, 1846, t...
Slavery is believed to have left an imprint on the American democracy. Although no regulations trea...
Franklin transformed from a slaveholder to an ardent abolitionist who believed in equal rights for A...
In this filmed lecture, Dr. Nicholas Buccola (associate professor of political science at Linfield C...
• 1441 Portugal begins slave trade between Africa and Europe. • 1520 Disease decimates Native Americ...
Eighteenth century efforts made by the founding fathers of the United States of America provided the...
Slavery and Abolition in the US: Select Publications of the 1800s is a digital collection of books a...
Like most abolitionists, Lincoln denounced slavery as an unmitigated moral evil that violated the fo...
• 1441 Portugal begins slave trade between Africa and Europe. • 1520 Disease decimates Native Americ...
From fireplaces to freedom, Franklin\u27s intellectual interests cover almost all subjects. Examples...
“A Papered Freedom” is a systematic study of how enslaved and self-emancipated African Americans eng...
Undoing Slavery: American Abolitionism in Transnational Perspective (1776-1865) is a collection of s...
Judge Roger J Miner, \u2756, with Marshal Frank Peo, Judge James Foley, and Judge Howard Munson, vie...
The courageous effort of enslaved Africans to acquire English literacy is an often-ignored story tha...
By analyzing historical documents, such as slave narratives and laws pertaining to the education of ...
A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered in the Music Hall in Leeds, England, on December 23, 1846, t...
Slavery is believed to have left an imprint on the American democracy. Although no regulations trea...