Enslaved individuals who escaped to Union camps during the Civil War and were designated as "contraband of war," playing a crucial role in the labor and military efforts of the Union Army.

Advocates for the immediate end of slavery, who distributed materials that influenced both public opinion and the rival geographies within enslaved communities.

An enslaved woman in Mississippi known for her defiant display of abolitionist imagery, representing everyday resistance and the influence of abolitionist material culture.

An author who documented the lives and thoughts of formerly enslaved individuals in her posthumously published work, revealing the complexities and challenges of post-Emancipation life.

A Supreme Court Justice noted for his lone dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson, emphasizing the constitutional principle of equality and the ongoing issues with racialized mobility and separation.