Research Question: How did the introduction of Christianity influence the lives of Native Americans? Documents: Cherokee Phoenix and Cherokee Phoenix and Indian’s Advocate During Wednesday’s lecture, we talked for a bit about Native American language and how it is endangered. Language has always been an […]

For this post, I decided to look at the more religious side of slavery, primarily focusing on the religious views of the slaveholders. Many slaveholders were religious but did they truly believe that God approved of the fact that they owned slaves? I opened a […]

Looking into the websites provided, I found “The Geography of Slavery in Virginia” and “Freedom On the Move” extra interesting. For the two websites, both gave a better understanding of slaves escaping from their masters during the 18th and 19th century. Although the two websites gave […]

https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:fsg_F1982.2?q=Calligraphy%2C+Chinese&record=59&hlterm=Calligraphy%2C%2BChinese&inline=tru Sutra of the Great Demise (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) in standard script MEDIUM: Ink on paper. H x W ( 20.9 x 380.3 cm (8 1/4 x 149 3/4 in). Type: Chinese Calligraphy. Origin: Dunhuang, Gansu province, China. Date: 581-618 Years Period: Sui dynasty. The full […]

This is a one sided long piece of paper. This document is an advertisement for a slave auction. 13 slaves were available for auction that day. This is from Alabama at the St. Louis Hotel. The auctioneers name was N. Vignie and this was set […]

(National Museum of African American History and Culture) Circa 1859 Gourd Banjo. Head of Banjo produced from a dried gourd, with some sort of animal skin stretched over it (likely goat, or possibly deer). Interestingly, the neck includes frets, which traditionally were not used in […]

Museum Label: Wooden drum created in the 19th century by an unknown artist. This 28 pound drum was crafted from materials including wood, leather, hide, and metal. Enslaved individuals would commonly create musical instruments like this drum from scrap materials that were not being put […]

(National Museum of American History) “A survey of Civil War artifacts in the Smithsonian’s collections would not be complete without one of the most cherished pieces at the National Museum of American History—a top hat worn by Abraham Lincoln, who, in all but six weeks […]

Museum Label: “These small silver identification anklets were used to mark slaves with a history of escaping. The phenomenon of slaves running away, seeking to gain freedom, is as old as the institution of slavery itself, and those caught would endure extreme and cruel punishment, […]

https://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/A3ABA344-A469-4666-8A1D-099722820634 Label: One of a pair (2) of silk (satin?) slippers, women’s. Consisting of leather outsole with a 1/2 inch wooden heel; satin upper lined with possible linen or cotton hemmed with a running stitch; no toe box; possible wooden counter covered with the satin […]