Drawing, Contraband, Fortress Monroe
American Civil War, Contrabands, Slavery
"Come back here, you black rascal." "Can't come back nohow, massa; Dis chile's CONTRABAN'"
Unknown
Library of Congress
1861
Miriam D. Mann
Photograph of Miriam D. Mann
Unknown photographer
DeWitt Wallace Library at Macalester College
~1950s
Copyright held by Duchess Harris (family of Miriam D. Mann)
image/jpec
English
Image
Interview with Miss Mary Jane Wilson
Hampton University
Interview with Miss Mary Jane Wilson who graduated from the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in 1874.
Works Project Administration and the Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division.
WPA Slave Narrative Project, Virginia Narratives, Volume 17. Library of Congress.
Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division.
04/14/1937
Interviewer: Thelma Dunston
2 type-written pages, scanned into PDF-format.
Mary Smith Peake
Peake;
Photograph of Mary Smith Peake, teacher.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Mary_Smith_Peake.jpg
Public Domain, no restrictions on use
image/jpeg
English
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Stampede of Slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe
slavery; Hampton; Fort Monroe
Illus. in AP2.H32 1861 (Case Y) [P&P]
Originally published in Harper's Weekly v. 5, no. 242 (1861 August 17), p. 524.
1861
No known restrictions
image/print
English
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Stampede among the Negroes in Virginia - their arrival at Fortress Monroe
From item caption:"Fugitive slaves approaching the Federal sentinels rear of Fortess Monroe and seeking the protection of General Butler. Fugitive slaves entering Fortress Monroe - passing the drawbridge at the main entrance guarded by the sentinels."
Library of Congress
Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 12, no. 290 (1861 June 8), pp. 56-57.
1861
No known rights restrictions
VIEW SOUTH THROUGH ENTRANCE CONE OF FULL-SCALE WIND TUNNEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Langley; NASA; Hampton, Virginia
Photocopy of an original photograph
Library of Congress
1930-09-12
No known restrictions
image/jpeg
English
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Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, VA
Wind Tunnel Under Construction
Langley; Hampton, Virginia;
No known restrictions
image/jpeg
English
Image
Excerpt: Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, passed at the session of 1869-'70
Excerpt from the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, passed at the session of 1869-'70 showing Virginia granting a charter establishing the Hampton Agricultural and Normal Institute.
Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, passed at the session of 1869-'70.
State of Virginia
General Samuel Chapman Armstrong
American Civil War, Hampton University, Education of Former Slaves
General Armstrong was instrumental in starting the Hampton University, then known as the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
Library of Congress and Wikimedia.org