Benjamin Sterling Turner (1825 – 1894), born a slave, but was educated. After the Civil War he engaged in local politics in Selma, Alabama, and elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1870.
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Anonymous African American lynching victim of 1925
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Christianity and Enslaved Africans in the United States (part 2 of 2)
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“Form of a Donkey! Shape of an Elephant!”
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Elderly African Americans who were once slaves work together in a rural setting in 1920
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The Legend of Dinkie the Conjurer!
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Iron Shovels
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Escaped slaves, at Foller’s house, Cumberland Landing, Virginia