Search Results

Antebellum Africa.

• Authors : MacDougall, Clair

Subjects: ENSLAVED African Americans; AFRICAN Americans; AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865LIBERIALIBERIALIBERIAReport Available

• Source: Smithsonian. Jul/Aug2016, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p86-95. 10p.

Record details

Daesha Devón Harris Combines Oral History and Antique Portraits to Tell a Story of Loss and Hope: These layered works testify to African-American history.

• Authors : Crawford, Amy

Subjects: *AMERICAN portraits; *ENSLAVED African Americans

• Source: Smithsonian. Apr2019, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p1-1. 1p.

Record details

DIRTY LITTLE SECRET.

• Authors : Schama, Simon

Subjects: AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; ENSLAVED African Americans; BRITISH monarchyUNITED StatesUNITED StatesUNITED StatesReport Available; UNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomUNITED KingdomReport Available

• Source: Smithsonian. May2006, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p102-111. 8p. 2 Color Photographs.

Record details

FABRIC of THEIR LIVES.

• Authors : Wallach, Amei

Subjects: QUILT exhibitions; AFRICAN American quiltmakers; QUILTMAKERSALABAMAALABAMAALABAMAReport Available; UNITED StatesUNITED StatesUNITED StatesReport Available

• Source: Smithsonian. Oct2006, Vol. 37 Issue 7, p66-75. 10p. 10 Color Photographs, 6 Black and White Photographs.

Record details

Sea Island Strata.

• Authors : Wills, Eric

Subjects: SOCIAL conditions of enslaved persons; ELLIOTT, Dan; ISLANDSOSSABAW Island (Ga.); GEORGIAGEORGIAGEORGIAReport Available

• Source: Smithsonian. Feb2007, Vol. 37 Issue 11, p23-24. 2p. 4 Color Photographs.

Record details

Still Standing: A PRESERVATIONIST RACES TO SAVE THE POIGNANT DOMESTIC LEGACY OF THE NATION'S SLAVEHOLDING PAST

• Authors : Crawford, Amy

• Source: Smithsonian. Jan, 2020, Vol. 50 Issue 9, p19, 1 p.

Record details

What Genealogical Records Taught Me About My Family: For millions of enslaved people, bondage stole more than freedom--it severed a link to the past. Now their descendants are recovering their heritage.

• Authors : Forson, Tracy Scott

Subjects: ANCESTORS; ENSLAVED persons; AFRICAN Americans

• Source: Smithsonian. Jan/Feb2024, p1-1. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.

Record details

South TO THE Promised Land: Before the Civil War, numerous enslaved people made the treacherous journey to Mexico in a bold quest for freedom that historians are now unearthing.

• Authors : Grant, Richard

• Source: Smithsonian. July-August, 2022, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p78, 13 p.

Record details

AMERICAN ICON.

• Source: Smithsonian. July-August, 2021, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p12, 4 p.

Record details

Why Are Chickens So Bad at Flying? And More Questions From Our Readers: You've got questions. We've got experts.

Subjects: HOUSEHOLD employees; CHICKENS; COINS

• Source: Smithsonian. Jul/Aug2023, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p1-1. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.

Record details