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Letter from Mosby Sheppard to James Monroe

A Letter from Mosby Sheppard to James Monroe warning him of Gabriel’s Conspiracy after two enslaves men owned by Moore leaked the conspiracy.

Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I

This marble portrait head in The Met's permanent collection is over 37 inches high.

March on Washington

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

Modes of Punishing Slaves

The image shows two people being punished with different devices. One is being punished using a heavy iron collar, and another long wooden boards fastened around the necm.

Oration delivered on Emancipation Day

Newspaper celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation as the greatest event in the history of African Americans

Receipt for the sale of Jane, age 18, and her son, Henry, age 1, and all future children

This receipt displays the details of the purchase for two slaves- a mother and her son- and all of her future children. In total. Judge S. Williams of Eufaula paid six hundred dollars.

Slavery Days

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

Slavery in America

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries people were kidnapped from the continent of Africa, forced into slavery in the American.

Slavery in the old Northwest

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