The Scarlet and Black Digital Archive features primary sources documenting African American history at Rutgers University and in our surrounding communities. This archive serves as a companion to our three Scarlet and Black books, which trace the history of race at Rutgers from slavery to Black Lives Matter.
Looking for slavery documents? Check out our new searchable database:
New Jersey Slavery Records.
For oral histories, see our companion site Black Voices at Rutgers.
These digital projects are created and maintained by the research team at the Scarlet and Black Research Center, an arm of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
Recently Added Items
Receipt issued to Jacob Van Dike related to Harry, a Black man carried away by followers of the British army
1782-06-17
Dunn, James
Receipt issued to Jacob Van Dike and signed by James Dunn, Joseph Thickstun, David Dunham. For a transcript of this document and additional…
Featured Collection
Slavery Era Newspaper Clippings
This collection consists of New Jersey newspaper clippings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, including runaway ads, slave sale…
Featured Exhibit
Douglass Research: Finding Veronica Henriksen
Research for the book Scarlet and Black, Volume 2: Constructing Race and Gender at Rutgers, 1865-1945 expanded beyond Rutgers College...