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Student Exhibits
- Rebellions Abroad! — by Travis Heeren
- A Glossary of Black Women in Rebellion — by Kaylor MacLaughlin
- Rumored — by Serena Morgan
- Fragmented Individual Acts of Rebellion — by Twila Neiwert
- John Brown, Harpers Ferry, and the Media — by Bessie Rudd
- Louisiana: Rumors and Insurrections — by Stephanie Smith
- Revolutionaries & Art in Black Cuban Uprisings — by Jiesha Stephens
- Mapping Rumored Rebellions in the South — by Jalen Thompson
- Black Asylum and Sovereignty — by Adam Vernon
- Days in a Demi-Decade: Miscellaneous Rebellions in 19th Century African American Newspapers (1856-1860) — by Hannah Zeller
- Summarily Punished
August 1859: In Douglass' Monthly, "Miscellaneous News Items"
The Full Page: Annotated "Miscellaneous News Items"
Scroll your mouse over this page from the Douglass' Monthly publication in August 1859 to find the "Miscellaneous News Items" section. In it, you will find accounts of rebellion and resistance to enslavement that have been marked and transcribed.
A Closer Look: Annotated Rebellions in the "Miscellaneous News Items" Section
Scroll your mouse over this page from the Douglass' Monthly publication in April 1860 to find the "Miscellaneous News Items" section. In it, you will find accounts of rebellion and resistance to enslavement that have been marked and transcribed.
"Francis Mitchell..."
This text tells of a man being arrested for assisting an enslaved person who was escaping from Charleston.
"The late G.W.P. Curtis..."
This entry tells of a man who manumitted the people he had enslaved throughout his life in his will. Despite this, the will was not carried out and the people were still enslaved. The piece states that multiple of the enslaved people ran away but were captured and then tortured. It ends by calling for the will to be carried out as called for by law and for the readers to take action to make sure that the law was being followed. This text reveals multiple layers of rebellion. The enslaved people's escape is one form of rebellion, and the piece itself, calling for the release of these people from slavery, could be read as another.
"Reuben Johnson..."
This text tells of a Black man named Reuben Johnson who attempted to assist in the escape of a runaway enslaved person who had been captured in Ohio and was being returned to the person who enslaves them. Johnson was arrested due to his attempt and was imprisoned and fined. This text reveals the rebellion and resistance of the enslaved person through their fight to escape, as well as Johnson's resistance through his efforts to assist in the person gaining their freedom even as they were being detained by law enforcement.
"A German, named..."
This text tells of a man being arrested for assisting four enslaved people in their escape. The text reveals the constant acts of rebellion and resistance to enslavement.