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Thomas was born into slavery and lived a harsh life, but he was finally able to escape and reunite with his family.

When Africans were brought to American shores in chains, they brought pieces of Africa with them and used their traditions, music and culture to help them survive.

William Wells Brown was born into slavery and later escaped to become one of the foremost supporters of abolition.

Mum Bett hears the cries for American freedom from British tyranny and launches her own American Revolution against slavery in Massachusetts.

J.D. Green was born into slavery but spent his life resisting the institution by escaping to freedom five times.

Two small boys on a plantation strike up a dangerous friendship.

Young Delia learns a hard lesson from her papa about what it means to be enslaved on George Washington’s plantation.

Charles Henry Langston was an early abolitionist in Ohio who risked his own safety and freedom to help another man escape slavery.

A letter written by a free African-American Union soldier argues for equal pay for African-American soldiers.

Although raised in a prosperous and prestigious African-American home in Tuskegee, Ala., Sammy Younge found himself drawn most to the civil rights movement. While the cause cost him his life, his actions and determination helped to transform this Southern city.