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  1. A Celebrated Case of Rebel Outrage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 21, 1876
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressing

  2. Peter Sewally, alias Ann Eliza Erans, alias Beef Steak Pete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1846
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressers
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete
    Description: Content warning: contains potentially racist and transphobic material related to racist and transphobic language.

  3. Beefsteak Pete Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 3, 1858
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crimes, Crossdressing
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete

  4. Caught Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Newark Daily Advertiser
    Date: Aug. 25, 1846
    Topics: Appearance, Black people, Clothing, Crossdressing
    Subject: Peter Sewally

  5. A Black Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1870
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender identity
    Subject: Dick Montgomery

  6. Beefsteak Pete Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 4, 1858
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crimes, Crossdressing, Theft
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete

  7. Weekly Register

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  8. News Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A short note announcing the death of Frances Thompson.

  9. The Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language.

  10. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...

  11. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.

  12. Under False Colors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: J.C.B.
    Date: Jul. 15, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Slavery, Transfemininity, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language, and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.