Historical Documents

Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Frederick Douglass Address Cover Page
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John Demos
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Mary Todd Lincoln letter
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Democratic National Convention 1860
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rail Splitter
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sam Waterson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Jefferson Davis
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
William Styron
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Hand written Emancipation Proclamation 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Fugitive Slave Bill Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Title Page
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

Lincoln cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
William Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Secession Movement Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Photo
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Stonewall Jackson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Harvest of Death
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Freedmen's Bureau Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Brown Cartoon
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Sheet Music
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

John Brown, the Abolitionist
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Nat Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lee surrenders
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)