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Fugitive Slave of 1850 tremendously benefitted slave owners. The act required that slaves must be returned to their owners if they escape, even if they escaped to free states.

Historical aspect of the system of slavery in the upper part of the United States. How it dehumanized individuals and families.

Water color on paper titled Negroes fighting, Brazils. Although the word fighting is in the artist's title, the men's body movements are those of Capoeira (see image reference NW0171 on this website). Several onlookers are shown, including a woman…

Water color on paper, the artist titled this drawing Extracting a jigger, scene in the Brazils. A black woman is shown extracting a chigger from the foot of a white man in what appears to be some sort of tavern; an earthenware pottery jug or jar (for…

This commemorative print celebrates the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. The central panel depicts the parade in Baltimore on May 19, 1870, the largest celebration honoring the amendment's passage. The parade lasted more…

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference invited Rosa Parks to participate in the 1963 March on Washington.

Shows enslaved African Americans being watched over by a white overseer as they work in a sugar cane field

Sheet music created by slaves in 1877. Lists the singers, writers, composers, and producers of the song called "Slavery Days".

A written speech that recalls the problems with slavery

A speech from an abolition meeting in New York