Lafayette College houses one of the most distinguished collections relating to the Marquis de Lafayette in America

Manuscript Collection
Print Collection
Memorabilia Collection
Digitized Selections from the Marquis de Lafayette Collections

Lafayette and Slavery
Lafayette's ardent opposition to slavery seems to have been an outgrowth of his experiences fighting for American liberty. At some point, late in the American Revolution, he ceased to regard slaves as chattel, and embraced what was to become his lifelong commitment to equality for the "black part of mankind." Throughout the rest of his long and eventful life, he continued to champion freedom for all men-black or white-everywhere.

Prisoner of Olmütz
Following Lafayette’s fortunes during the period he was held as a political prisoner in Prussia and Austria from 1792-97.

Public tributes to Lafayette

In Music
In Literature
Cities and Counties named for the Marquis de Lafayette
On the Web