Civil Rights Documents

Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.

Women of different races lived inside the plantation households of America's southern states.  How did they view each other?  How did their ...

This is a page from the Affidavit of Sengbe (also referenced as Singweh and/or Cinqué), leader of the Amistad rebels.  The original docume...

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