Black History, Emancipation & Reconstruction Newspapers
Original antique newspapers documenting the African American experience during one of the most pivotal eras in U.S. history — from Emancipation through Reconstruction and beyond. These authentic Harper's Weekly issues feature Thomas Nast's landmark Emancipation Proclamation illustrations, Frederick Douglass correspondence, Black soldiers and voters, Freedmen's schools, Reconstruction-era political cartoons, and firsthand coverage of the struggle for civil rights in post-Civil War America. Essential primary sources for historians, educators, libraries, and collectors of African American history.
