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

A list of laws relating to black people that were written in Manhattan from early colonization by the Dutch and British to the founding of the United States and pre-Civil War era.

A letter from James Madison to Robert I. Evans

The image shows most of North and South America. It vaguely shows how the countries and states within North and South America are split up today.

This image shows a slave ship with guns being fired on captives

This detail of a steatite icon carved in relief depicts a crucified Christ blessing Constantine and his mother Helena.

A dramatization of tactics used by Zachary Taylor against the Seminole Indians. In this image, American soldiers are searching for fleeing Seminoles with help of bloodhounds. The American troops are on horseback and foot traveling through the carnage…

A composite of scenes illustrating Nat Turner's Rebellion

This image depicts Constantine I as a donor who is presenting a small representation of Hagia Sophia to the Virgin (at her left, with Justinian at her right). The mosaic is located in the southwest vestibule of Hagia Sophia.

1 print : engraving. | Gouverneur Morris, half-length portrait, facing right.