U.S. Civil War

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Black History Topical (links to NARA & other resources) | National Archives

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Laws | PBS Learning Media

A Brief History of Jim Crow Laws (links to other resources) | USC Gould School of Law

Health Effects of Jim Crow Laws Linger | Harvard School of Public Health

The Jim Crow Era | American Battlefield Trust

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | PBS Learning Media

Confederate States of America | History.com Nullification Proclamation: Primary Documents in American History | Library of Congress

Compromise of 1850: Primary Documents in American History (links to LOC & other resources) | Library of Congress

Civil War Timeline - National Parks Service

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States

Videos

Economics of SlaveryAuthor Daina Ramey Berry talked about her book, [The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation]. This interview was recorded at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting in Philadelphia.

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