Online Collection circa 1865 This American Missionary Association circular was used to recruit teachers and describes the qualifications and behavior expected of the applicants.

Online Collection 1837-07-18 This is a report of an address advocating the abolition of slavery, claiming it was at odds with the ideals of the Constitution and the Bible.

Online Collection 1968-04-06 This is the second of a two-part editorial in the Greenfield Recorder published shortly after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April ,1968).

Online Collection 1851-02-17 The Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850, and required all citizens to aid in the capture and return of any escaped enslaved person.

Lesson What was the experience of slavery in colonial Massachusetts, and how did it shape the lives of enslaved, slave-holding and non-slave-holding Whites, and the economy, culture, and society of early New England?

Online Collection 1746 This thirty-line poem, in ballad form, is believed to have been written by Lucy Terry, enslaved by Ebenezer Wells of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to commemorate the last Indigenous attack on the town.

Online Collection 1968-04-06 This first of a two-part editorial was published in the Greenfield Recorder two days after the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Online Collection 1963-09-16 This editorial in the Greenfield Recorder is more optimistic than previous editorials about the progress of the movement for racial equality.

Online Collection 1792 This census from Isaiah Thomas’s 1792 almanac reveals the number of enslaved people in the states and territories at that time.

Online Collection 1968-04-09 This cartoon appeared several days after the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King.

Online Collection 1837-01-17 In January of 1837, John Quincy Adams presented petitions for the abolition of slavery to the House of Representatives and caused quite a debate and uproar.

Online Collection 1963-09-16 This cartoon depicts Alabama Governor George Wallace as high school “dropout.”

Online Collection 1856–1858 George Fuller drew “Ellis, Field Hand” on his travels through the South in the 1850s.

Online Collection 1968-04-10 This cartoon, published just days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, captures the feelings of many Americans at the time.

Online Collection 1860-04-13 The man described in this news article successfully eluded the commissioners on his trail and reached his destination in Canada.

Online Collection 1865-02-06 The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery, was passed by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865.

Online Collection 1965-03-11 This cartoon focuses on police violence in 1965, during voting rights protests in Selma, Alabama.

Online Collection 1968-04-05 These excerpts from the Rev. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech were printed in the Greenfield Recorder on April 5, 1968, the day after Dr. King’s assassination in Memphis Tennessee.

Online Collection 1868-05-18 This is a representation of a notice from Columbia, South Carolina, calling for a meeting of the Ku-Klux-Klan.

Online Collection 1963-08-26 This article in the Greenfield, Massachusetts, Recorder was printed just a few days before the 1963 civil rights March on Washington.