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The obverse of this gold coin depicts Constantine I with a laurel wreath. It was minted in Trier.

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…

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 letter written about the former slave Fredrick Douglas

Dock Watson stating that he has found Alex Wesley

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…

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.

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

Displays the lyrics to a song sung and written by slaves once their work days were over

The colossal sculpture was originally in the Basilica Nova in Rome. Its marble remnants are now part of the Capitoline Museums in Rome.