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Biography

Bridget “Biddy” Mason

    Labor

    Land

    Slavery

    Women's Voices

    Slavery & Abolition, 1800-1860

Portrait of Bridget "Biddy" Mason
If you hold your hand closed, nothing good can come in. The open hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance even as it receives.

Bridget "Biddy" Mason

Photograph of Louis Manigault, Jr. in a field
Present to Past

Land as Legacy

    Land

A photograph of an African American woman washing laundry outdoors in a yard. Clothes hand behind her on a line.
Historic Event

Atlanta Washerwomen Strike

    Women's Voices

Man rolling whiskey barrels through a production floor
Biography

The Man Behind Tennessee Whiskey

    Slavery