Enslaved at the Cumberland Iron Furnace in Dickson County, Tennessee, Thomas Driver had a wife and four children. In 1840, 100 slaves—mostly...

Mr. Thompson addressed the meeting, and spoke at very considerable length, but we are only able to furnish a few of his remarks. He dif...

Worcester , November 5,1859 Dearest Mother: . . . Four days I spent in going to the Adirondacks for Mrs. Brown and then another in Bo...

It is now Sunday morning, and quite cold. We have been building a log-kitchen, and are now building a stable. The government has, I underst...

American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt By Daniel Rasmussen In January 1811 nearly five hundred slaves ...