Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Freedom History Project website (freedomhistoryproject.com), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the website.

2. Content Ownership

The original written content of the Freedom History Project — including profile text, editorial essays, introductions, and all other text produced by this project — is the intellectual property of the Freedom History Project. Images, where not in the public domain, are used under licence or with attribution, and their rights remain with their respective owners.

3. Permitted Use

You are permitted to:

• Access and read all content on this website for personal use;
• Share links to pages on this website;
• Quote brief passages (up to 150 words from any single profile or article) for educational, journalistic, or research purposes, provided you include a clear attribution to the Freedom History Project and a link to the source page;
• Use the website in classroom, library, or other educational settings;
• Print individual pages for personal educational use.

4. Prohibited Use

You are not permitted to:

• Reproduce substantial portions of this website's original content for commercial purposes without prior written permission;
• Scrape, crawl, or extract large quantities of content from this website by automated means without prior written permission;
• Use the content of this website to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models without prior written permission;
• Republish profile text, essays, or other original content as your own work;
• Use this website or its content in ways that are defamatory, discriminatory, or harmful;
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of this website or its underlying systems.

5. Educational Use

We actively encourage the use of this archive for educational purposes. Teachers, students, librarians, journalists, and researchers are welcome to use content from this archive with attribution. If you are using the archive extensively for an educational project and would like to discuss terms, please contact us.

6. AI Training Data

The content of this website may not be used to train, fine-tune, or evaluate artificial intelligence or machine learning systems without prior written permission from the Freedom History Project. This restriction applies regardless of whether the use is commercial or non-commercial. If you wish to use our content for AI-related research, please contact us to discuss terms.

7. User-Submitted Content

If you submit corrections, profile suggestions, or other content via our contact form, you grant the Freedom History Project a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, edit, and publish that information as part of the archive. You represent that any information you submit is accurate to the best of your knowledge and does not infringe any third party's rights.

8. Third-Party Links

This website may contain links to external websites and resources. These links are provided for your convenience. The Freedom History Project does not endorse, control, or accept responsibility for the content of any third-party website linked from this site.

9. Accuracy of Content

We make every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this archive. However, historical record is contested, incomplete, and subject to ongoing revision. The Freedom History Project does not warrant that all information on this website is accurate, complete, or current. Errors, omissions, and contested interpretations are inherent in any historical archive. Please read our Disclaimer for further information.

10. Limitation of Liability

The Freedom History Project provides this website on an "as is" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of this website or its content.

11. Changes to Terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when they were last revised. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

12. Governing Law

These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with applicable law. Any disputes arising from your use of this website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts applicable to the project's operational base.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms should be directed to us via the contact form.