Documents the African American experience from 1619-1895 and shows how American culture, history, and national identity have been profoundly influenced by the experience of African Americans. (~700 entries)
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Abolitionism
[ This entry contains three subentries dealing with abolitionism from the late seventeenth century through the ratification of the Thirteenth
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American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (AFASS ) resulted from a schism in the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS ).
American Anti-Slavery Society
In the 1830s some Americans took a bold and uncompromising stand on the issue of slavery, demanding its immediate abolition without either colonization or
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Founded in 1810 by Congregational ministers from Massachusetts during the Second Great Awakening to send missionaries both abroad and to the southern and
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Architecture
There are two distinct topics in African American architecture: the places in which African Americans lived and the places built or designed by African
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Arts and Crafts
The colonial period in America was not noted for its fine arts; there was little in the way of sculpture, and most of the paintings that were made were
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Autobiography
Autobiography has been a significant genre throughout the history of African American literature.
Baptism
Baptism, or ritual washing with water, has from ancient times signified regeneration or rebirth.
Solomon Bayley
(b. c. 1771 ; d. 1839 ), a former slave and writer. Born into slavery in Delaware , Solomon Bayley toiled in bondage until
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Ableman v. Booth (Sherman Booth Case)
The court case of Ableman v. Booth stemmed from the capture of a fugitive slave named Joshua Glover just outside of Racine, Wisconsin, on 10
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Accommodationism
As African Americans fought racial prejudice in the United States following the Civil War, some black leaders proposed a strategy of accommodation.
Acculturation
The acculturation of newly arrived enslaved Africans to the New World involved the interaction between Europeans and Africans.
John Adams, On African Americans
John Adams was born in Massachusetts in 1735 and grew up in relatively humble circumstances.
John Quincy Adams, On African Americans
Toward the end of his long life, the congressman John Quincy Adams (1767 -- 1848 ), son of John and Abigail Adams , was notorious for his militant stands against
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Africa, Idea of
The idea of Africa changed dramatically from antiquity to the era of European exploration and colonization; European and African views of each other
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African Americans and the West
The black businessmen William Alexander Leidesdorff and Andres Pico were both born in 1810 with something the abolitionist
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