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How Slavery Became the Law of the Land “For Blacks Only”
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The Scourged Back: This slave named Gordon ran for 80 miles to join the Union Forces in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 1863. This famous photo of the welts on his badly "scourged back" was taken while he was being fitted for a uniform.
The Scourged Back: How Runaway Slave and Soldier Private Gordon Changed History
"Contrabands": During the Civil War, thousands of slaves escaped their owners in the South by getting to Union Army camps. Thus freed, many continued on to settle in the North.
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Traces of the Trade: The North’s Complicity in Slavery
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"Remembrance" is one of America's Black Holocaust Museum's four themes, which serve as pillars in our virtual museum.

In every gallery, we remember important historical events and people who have played a role in civil rights or otherwise impacted the lives of Black Americans and others in the African diaspora. Some of these are well-known, but most are not. The stories told in most of ABHvM's exhibits have been left out of our history books or been told incompletely.

You will also notice how this theme appears in some events and breaking news articles, especially as new history comes to light or society finally treats certain subjects with respect.

What I Saw Aboard a Slave Ship in 1829

April 12, 2012
Slaveship Stowage Plan

The importation of slaves was outlawed by England in 1807 and by the USA in 1808. Slaves could still be held and bred in the two countries, but no new slaves could be brought from Africa. The British and American navies patrolled the west coast of Africa. They stopped suspected slave traders and took hold of ships where slaves were found. Then they returned their human cargo to Africa. Rev. Robert Walsh served on one of the patrol ships. This is his eyewitness report.

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Eyewitness Account: The Kidnapping of Africans for Slaves

April 27, 2012
Slaves captured in the interior being marched to the coast for sale

In this exhibit Dr. Alexander Falconbridge describes what he saw and heard about how slaves were captured inland and sold on the coast to slave traders.

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A 1859 Slave Auction in Savannah, as Reported by the New York Tribune

April 27, 2012
Slave Auction Poster

In early March 1859 an enormous slave action took place at the Race Course three miles outside Savannah, Georgia. Four hundred thirty-six slaves were to be put on the auction block including men, women, children and infants. Word of the sale had spread through the South for weeks, drawing potential buyers from North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. All of Savannah’s available hotel rooms and any other lodging spaces were quickly appropriated by the influx of visitors. In the days running up to the auction, daily excursions were made from the city to the Race Course to inspect, evaluate and determine an appropriate bid for the human merchandise on display.

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Turning the Tables on Civil Rights: The 1970s and 1980s

June 17, 2012

Why didn’t the Civil Rights Movement end racism in America? The social movements of the 1960s achieved some important changes for civil rights, women’s rights, and the environment. However, not everyone agreed with these changes. During the 1970s and 1980s, opponents started a movement of their own. Their goal was to overturn the gains of the 1960s.

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Social Movements and Organizations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s

June 17, 2012

The 1960s saw an upsurge in civil rights and other organizations promoting freedom and equality for blacks and women. The 1970s brought a backlash against those movements by well-funded and well-placed organizations of the Right seeking more freedom for corporations and a return to traditional roles for women. In the 1980’s, hip-hop and punk rock music expressed anger at “The Power” through their lyrics instead of through actions to change laws.

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John Carter: A Scapegoat for Anger

August 9, 2012
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In 1927, a frenzied white mob in Little Rock, Arkansas, was focused on revenge. A little white girl had been murdered and they wanted to lynch whoever did it. When they grabbed a black man, they knew he wasn’t the killer. Still, they thought he’d done something else that made them mad. John Carter was their scapegoat: he paid the price for something he didn’t do.

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The Education of Black Children in the Jim Crow South

September 11, 2012
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Education is the key to economic success. It is true now, and it was true in the Jim Crow South. Southern education was not very good – even for white children. But education for blacks in the South in the early 1900s was worse in many ways. In this exhibit you can learn what school was like for most African American children in the South – and why.

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Voting Rights for Blacks and Poor Whites in the Jim Crow South

September 15, 2012
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From about 1900 to 1965, most African Americans were not allowed to vote in the South. White people in power used many methods to keep black people from voting. Some of these methods also prevented poor white people from voting. Today there are still laws and customs that make it harder for African Americans, other minorities, and some whites to vote.

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The Five Pillars of Jim Crow

October 25, 2012
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“Jim Crow” refers to a five-part system developed in the late 1800s and early 1900s to support white supremacy and oppress black citizens. Although there were laws that discriminated against African Americans throughout the country, the Jim Crow system existed only in the South. This exhibit briefly describes the five oppressions of the Jim Crow system.

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The Scourged Back: How Runaway Slave and Soldier Private Gordon Changed History

July 25, 2013

This famous photograph communicated a powerful message about the so-called “peculiar institution”—undermining the notion that slavery was benign.

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