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Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by the Colored People
This image shows a large crowd of people gathered in celebration in Washington, D.C. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City and published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916. It…
Colossus of Constantine
The colossal sculpture was originally in the Basilica Nova in Rome. Its marble remnants are now part of the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
Come and dance to night
Displays the lyrics to a song sung and written by slaves once their work days were over
Constantine the Great
This detail of a steatite icon carved in relief depicts a crucified Christ blessing Constantine and his mother Helena.
Cross-section of French Slave Ship L'Aurore
This image shows both an overhead view, and a view as if the ship was cut in half, and allows an understanding of the operation of the ship to its viewers.
Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention. Assembled in Philadelphia, December 4, 1833.
The broadside declaration is illustrated with a headpiece of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion as two astonished elders look on. Beneath the woodcut is the line, "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou…
Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law
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.
Tags: Effects of Slave Law, Fugitive, Slave Act
Extracting a Chigger
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…
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