American History Documents

Chapter page from The Experience of Uncle Tom - taken from  Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones: (1854). Author: Jones, Thomas. ...

Continuing chapter page from The Experience of Uncle Tom - taken from  Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones: (1854). Author: Jone...

Although she was a forceful advocate for women's rights, Susan B. Anthony was also an abolitionist who advocated against slavery. This image depicts ...

This table of illustrations, from The Child's Anti-Slavery Book, shows the types of images which were included in the book.  Its purpose was to h...

This image depicts the tally of electoral votes for the election of 1800 where Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received 73 votes. As a result of ...

People smuggled liquor into the States on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts.  This telegram involves the smuggling of liquor into Oregon v...

This is a facsimile of the telegram which General Hooker had his assistant send to President Lincoln, after the Union's defeat at Chancellorsville: ...

This is a facsimile of the telegram which General Burnside sent to President Lincoln, advising him of the Fredericksburg battle results.  "Our lo...

This is a facsimile of Tennessee's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  With this victory, the Amendment had enough sup...

When the Tennessee legislature considered the 19th Amendment, in August of 1920, the vote was even more important than it seemed.  How Tennessee ...

TESTIMONY OF FIRST LT. JOSEPH LOCKARD, SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY (The witness was sworn by the Recorder and advised of his rights under Artic...

STATEMENT OF SERGEANT GEORGE E. ELLIOTT, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, STATION COMPLEMENT; CAMP LEE, VA. (The witness was sworn by the Recorder and advised ...