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A written speech that recalls the problems with slavery

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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