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A Dazzling, Unusual Bit of Cloth: The Origins, Travels, and Homecoming of the Lovelace Coverlet of Troup County, Georgia.

Authors : Bush, Rebecca E.

Subjects: Antebellum literature; Enslaved women; History of enslaved persons

Source: Winterthur Portfolio. Winter2020, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p271-299. 29p.

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A Protected Place: The Material Culture of Home-Making for Stagville's Enslaved Residents.

Authors : Stewart, Whitney Nell

Subjects: Material culture; History of slavery; Slave quarters

Source: Winterthur Portfolio. Winter2020, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p245-270. 26p.

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Reframing American History.

Authors : BACEVICH, ANDREW

Subjects: Slavery in the United States; History of enslaved persons; Colonial Virginia, ca. 1600-1775

Source: Commonweal. Jun2020, Vol. 147 Issue 6, p13-15. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.

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Stolen Birthright.

Authors : Douglas, Leah

Subjects: HISTORY of land tenure; LEGAL status of enslaved persons; EMANCIPATION of slavesUNITED States UNITED States UNITED States Report Available

Source: Nation. 7/17/2017, Vol. 305 Issue 2, p18-22. 5p. 4 Color Photographs, 1 Map.

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The Eunuch and the Emperor.

Authors : Morgan, Llewelyn

Subjects: EUNUCHS; HISTORY of enslaved persons; DOMITIAN, Emperor of Rome, 51-96

Source: History Today. May2016, Vol. 66 Issue 5, p20-27. 8p.

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Slavery's Archive, Slavery's Memory: Telling the Story of Gilbert Hunt, Hero of the Richmond Theatre Fire of 1811.

Authors : Spangler, Jewel L. (AUTHOR)

Subjects: Hunt, Gilbert; Lifesaving at fires; African American blacksmithsRichmond (Va.); United States; Virginia

Source: Journal of the Early Republic. Winter2019, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p677-708. 32p. 3 Black and White Photographs.

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Only remember us.

Authors : Satchell, Michael

Subjects: HISTORY of enslaved persons; ANTHROPOLOGICAL researchUNITED States

Source: U.S. News & World Report. 07/28/97, Vol. 123 Issue 4, p51. 2p. 2 Color Photographs.

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Historical memory and a new national consciousness: The Amistad revolt revisited in Sierra Leone.

Authors : Osagie, Iyunolu

Subjects: History of enslaved persons; Mutiny; Pieh, SengbeSierra Leone

Source: Massachusetts Review. Spring97, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p63. 21p. 3 Black and White Photographs.

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Remembering Africa Under the Eaves.

Authors : Bankoff, H. Arthur; Ricciardi, Christopher; Loorya, Alyssa

Subjects: HISTORY of enslaved persons; AFRICAN Americans; COLONIZATIONNEW York (State)NEW York (State)NEW York (State)Report Available; NEW York (N.Y.); UNITED States UNITED States UNITED States Report Available

Source: Archaeology. May/Jun2001, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p36. 5p. 5 Color Photographs.

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The slaves not rebellious.

Authors : Drayton, General

Subjects: NINETEENTH century; HISTORY of enslaved persons; AFRICAN Americans in the American Civil War, 1861-1865SOUTHERN States

Source: Slaves Not Rebellious. 8/1/2017, p1. 1p.

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