American Slave Narratives:  An Online Anthology   F rom 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These

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For an explanation of this project Prospectus Editions Consulted Melville, Herman. The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade . New York: Dix, Edwards & Co. 1857.

"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song!": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana includes more than two hundred sheet-music compositions that represent Lincoln and the war as reflec

Among the paintings are several key works from each phase of the artist's career, together with some less well-known paintings, providing an opportunity to rediscover the artist's creative range beyond his most familiar images.