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Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ink stamp on p. [1]: Committee of Twelve for the Advancement of the Interests of the Negro Race, Cheyney, Pa. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA…

A letter confirming a soldier's payment from war.

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…

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

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.

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.

Dock Watson stating that he has found Alex Wesley

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.

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…

Image description of how cramped and horrible the conditions were for slaves on ships in the Atlantic Ocean. These ships would carry 345 slaves and would sit in uncomfortable postures for most of the trip.