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Newsletter No. I, Rees Odeil Bryant

Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers

Newsletter No. I written by Rees Odeil Bryant dated 1 March 1958. Bryant updates his readers on the final preparations for their travels to Nigeria.

Leek Plantation Freedmen's Bureau Ledger, 1867

Leek Plantation Freedman's Bureau ledger, 1867

Bound ledger listing the names of freedmen working at Leek's Plantation in eastern Pulaski County, Arkansas, as well as the amount of provisions, clothing, medicines, ginning, and interest advanced to them.

An Appeal In Favor Of That Class Of Americans Called Africans, Lydia Maria Child, Paul Royster (Editor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

The roots of white supremacy lie in the institution of negro slavery. From the 15th through the 19th century, white Europeans trafficked in abducted and enslaved Africans and justified the practice with excuses that seemed somehow to reconcile the injustice with their professed Christianity. The United States was neither the first nor the last nation to abolish slavery, but its proclaimed principles of freedom and equality were made ironic by the nation’s reluctance to extend recognition to all Americans.

“Americans” is what Mrs. Child calls those fellow countrymen of African ancestry; citizenship and equality are what she proposed beyond simple …