Africans In America, resource bank, WGHB PBS

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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/index.html

This is an incredible historical resource.

This excerpt is only a sample of the contents by title. To explore the bank click the link above and follow the individual links in the content outline. Each point in the contents leads to the historical information.

I hope you find it as interesting and informative as I have.

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Contents

I. Freedom and Bondage in the Colonial Era

A. People & Events
• Lucy Terry Prince
• Venture Smith
• Phillis Wheatley

B. Historical Documents
• Fort Mose
• Venture Smith's narrative
• "Bars Fight"
• "Defense of Slavery in Virginia"
• The Marriage of Washington to Martha Custis
• Runaway ad for Jem
• Illustration for Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects
• Portrait of Phillis Wheatley

C. Modern Voices
• John Ferling on Washington as a slave owner in Virginia
• John Ferling on Washington's attitudes towards slaves
• Norrece Jones on the relationship between white and black children
• Norrece Jones on Mt. Vernon
• Fath Ruffins on the division of slave labor
• Fath Ruffins on the supervision of women slaves
• Deborah Gray White on the relationship between white and black children

Much, much more at the link.