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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Pursuit of Absolute Equality

The story of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: writer, abolitionist and early pioneer of the concept of...

Frederick Douglass’ Composite Nation

Abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass believed that the U.S. could become the greatest nation in history – if it accepted the defining principles set out in his speech, Composite...

Sally Hemings: Surviving Slavery and Sexual Exploitation

Women and the American Story

Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman who had several children with Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. Her story of agency and eventual emancipation remains an...

Stono Rebellion: The Largest Slave Uprising in Colonial America

Power to the People

The Stono Rebellion of 1739 saw enslaved people rise up using coded sounds that sowed the seeds of jazz, blues and hip...

James Hemings: The Enslaved Chef Who Revolutionized American Cuisine

Hidden Figures

James Hemings was an enslaved man and the first American to learn classic French cuisine. He helped popularise many of the dishes you know and love...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Pursuit of Absolute Equality

Frederick Douglass’ Composite Nation

Sally Hemings: Surviving Slavery and Sexual Exploitation

Stono Rebellion: The Largest Slave Uprising in Colonial America

James Hemings: The Enslaved Chef Who Revolutionized American Cuisine

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