Confronting Slavery: Visit a Related Park
The following National Park Service sites share history with the topics presented in Confronting Slavery. Visit their websites for information about Sesquicentennial commemoration events and more.
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee National Memorial (VA)
- Booker T. Washington National Monument (VA)
- Boston African American National Historic Site (MA)
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park (LA)
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (SC)
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (MD)
- Fort Pulaski National Monument (GA)
- Fort Sumter National Monument (SC)
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (DC)
- Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (VA)
- Hampton National Historic Site (MD)
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (WV)
- Independence National Historical Park (PA)
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (LA)
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (MO)
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (KY)
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (IN)
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site (IL)
- Lincoln Memorial (DC)
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (NY)
- Natchez National Historical Park (MS)
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (MA)
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site (TX)
- President's Park (White House) (DC)
- Richmond National Battlefield Park (VA)
- Shiloh National Military Park (TN)
- Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (MO)
The National Park Service commemorates a defining event in our nation's history and its legacy in the fight for civil rights. Join us.
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Fighting for Freedom
200,000 black soldiers and sailors served in the Union Army and Navy.
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Freedom Comes to Elbert County
A community near the Savannah River saw the end of bondage and beginning of freedom.
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The Final Straw
Lincoln's writings on slavery show how his views evolved over time.
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Fact
At the start of the Civil War, with more than four million enslaved African Americans, the United States was the largest slaveholding country in the world.