Eroseanna “Sis” Robinson, African American activist
The Will of European American colonist Elijah Swain, father to Henry Swain, mulatto, listed in the Will as enslaved along with his mother Caroline and Grandmother Fannie Swain. Elijah B. around 1799
Henry Swain, descendant of European colonial Richard Swain of Nantucket. Son of Elijah Swain B. 1854
Black American children.
Columbus, Ohio, the 90’s. Descendant grandchildren of the European colonial Swain family.
Charles Hix
Rosie, Charlie, and Rebecca, Freedmen Youth
American Founders book by Christina Proenza Coles. Afro-descendant founders of the Americas
“Pennsylvania. Photographs from the ‘Rural African Americans of the Allegheny Mountains’ collection (circa 1900-1910) via the Meyersdale Public Library”
Anna Murry Douglass, the 1st wife of Frederick Douglass that helped lead him to his own freedom
Frederick Douglass & his daughter Annie
Lillie Ruffin Lowe from Choctaw county, AL & American Freedmen youth. Lillie B. around 1891
Francis Britton
Harlem, American Freedmen, youth
Craft & Healy family
Colonial News, 10 year old Negro girl for sale
American archives
Fannie Lawrence, American Freedmen youth
American archives
“Husband & wife” Detroit, MI, Gordon Parks, 1950″
Colonial News, Negro Indian
“George William Commodore served in the U.S. Navy to preserve the nation and abolish slavery during the Civil War. r, c. 1865-1867.” (reminder that the civil war did not start to end slavery)
“Don’t Strive for another Complexion” advertisement