This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the expansion of federal power during the Civil War to include a national income tax, a national currency, and a federal draft.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, as the Civil War progresses, slaves fled north. As their numbers increased, they became a weapon of the Union Army.
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Historian John Michael Vlach briefly reflects on how slaves constructed communities for themselves independent of their masters' lives at estates such as Hampton National Historic Site.
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Historian John Michael Vlach briefly considers how the different living quarters at Hampton National Historic Site reflect the status hierarchy of their occupants, from the main estate mansion to the overseer's house to the slave quarters.
Historian John Michael Vlach very briefly introduces the overseer's house and slave quarters at Hampton National Historic Site.
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Historian John Michael Vlach compares the grounds of the main estate at Hampton National Historic Site and the slave quarters and working areas of the same estate. He points out what the differences in organization and aesthetic emphasis indicate about the division of society on the estate.
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Historian John Michael Vlach very quickly reviews the architecture of the Hampton Estate in Towson, MD. Built in 1745, the estate's owners worked in various industries and farming ventures, and owned many slaves.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the triangular trade route, in which 17th-century merchants sailed the Atlantic Ocean in a path between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Eventually, African slaves became part of this system.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes South Carolina's founding by aristocratic settlers from England who establish the city of Charleston as a major center for the African slave trade as well as the trade of Native American slaves. Those who shunned slavery moved north to establish North Carolina.
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Josh Brown of the American Social History Project explains a political cartoon from 1839 in which the enforcement of the "gag-rule," which prohibited discussion about slavery in the House of Representatives, is satirized.
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