What we are trying to do
The Freedom History Project brings biographies and movement histories together by region and historical period. A useful profile should give a reader more than a name, a date and a list of achievements: it should explain the political setting, the choices the person made, the organisations around them and the consequences of those choices.
Research approach
Research should begin with reliable published and archival material rather than copying another biography. Depending on the subject, that can include books by historians, academic research, official archival records, contemporary newspapers, organisational records, oral histories and digitised primary documents. General reference works can help locate dates and names, but they are not treated as a substitute for deeper research.
Handling disagreement
Historical records are not always consistent. Dates can differ, political organisations can describe the same event differently, and later accounts can conflict with contemporary evidence. Where a disagreement materially changes the story, the profile should identify it instead of presenting an uncertain claim as established fact.
Date and identity checks
Names, birth and death dates, offices, organisations and major events should be checked against more than one credible reference where practical. When sources disagree, the disagreement should be described rather than hidden. The publication date on each profile describes the Freedom History Project editorial edition; it is not the date of the historical event being discussed.
Corrections and additions
The archive is intended to be corrected when better evidence becomes available. If you identify an inaccurate statement, send the exact profile URL, the disputed claim and the strongest source you have. Published books, archival references, academic papers and contemporaneous reporting are especially useful.
Originality and automation
Profiles are intended to be editorial work, not pages assembled by automatically rewriting another website. Automated tools may assist with technical tasks, indexing or formatting, but a page should only remain published when its facts, wording and structure have been reviewed for accuracy, usefulness and context.
What readers should expect
This is an independent historical archive. It is not a government archive, university press or official record of any movement. Interpretive language is identified as interpretation, disputed claims are treated cautiously, and readers are encouraged to consult the underlying historical record when a question is consequential or contested.
Submit a correction
Contact the project with corrections, additional sources, image-rights concerns or suggestions for people and movements that are missing from the archive.
Last reviewed: 16 August 2026