- About
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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
About Our Newspapers
The National Era:
This newspaper was published weekly in Washington D.C. between 1847 and 1860. The paper covered news on current events, politics, literature, and congressional proceedings but the main purpose as stated by the newspaper was to discuss the "Question of Slavery."
To learn more about this newspaper and the archives this exhibit found it in, go here: https://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/african-american-newspapers/the-national-era/
Provincial Freeman:
This newspaper was published weekly in what was then known as the Province of Canada West, which is now Ontario. The Provincial Freeman was founded by Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey who became the first Black woman to edit a newspaper in North America. The paper was first published in 1854 and later its final issue was published in 1857. The newspaper was affiliated with no one political party but was devoted to anti-slavery.
To learn more about this newspaper and the archives this exhibit found it in, go here: https://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/african-american-newspapers/provincial-freeman/
Frederick Douglass' Paper:
This newspaper was published monthly in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. Douglass was an American writer, statesman, orator, and social reformer who became a leader of the abolitionist movement after escaping from slavery. Douglass' newspaper, The North Star, was renamed in 1851 to be Frederick Douglass' Paper.
To learn more about this newspaper and the archives this exhibit found it in, go here: https://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/african-american-newspapers/provincial-freeman/