Browse Collections (11 total)

For this thematic grouping, sites of slavery are designated as historic places (including plantations, wharves, archaeological sites) where "slavery…

The commemorative works under the theme of "Emancipation" include two different types of monuments and memorials: those focused on the end of slavery…

The monuments and memorials in this section commemorate the enslaved and free men and women who resisted bondage and worked to end the institution of…

This collection focuses on commemorative works dedicated to the transatlantic slave trade and the Middle Passage. Between the sixteenth and nineteenth…

The monuments and memorials grouped under this theme acknowledge the important contributions of African Americans to American history. Slavery is…

The monuments in this collection examine the intertwined histories of American universities and slavery. In his book, Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery,…

This collection is just a fraction of the burial grounds dedicated to enslaved persons, "contrabands," and freed persons. Many of these cemeteries and…

This grouping of commemorative works focus on the abolition of slavery in countries engaged with the slave trade including England, France, The…

The memorial and monuments in this collection are dedicated to the Underground Railroad, an organized network of routes and safe houses that assisted…

Included in this thematic collection are seventeen memorials that honor the vital contributions of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) to the…