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Speech before the American Anti-Slavery Society
A written speech that recalls the problems with slavery
Sugar Plantation, Louisiana, 1873-74
Shows enslaved African Americans being watched over by a white overseer as they work in a sugar cane field
Tags: Louisiana, slavery, Sugar Plantation
The Fifteenth Amendment Celebrated May 19th, 1870
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…
The Representation of the Brig 'Vigilante'
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.
Tags: Atlantic Crossing, Middle Passage, Ships, slave trade, slavery, Vigilante
The Representation of the Brig 'Vigilante'
This image shows a diagram of a slave ship used in the African slave trade.
Thomas Jefferson, December 3, 1792, Fugitive Slaves
Individuals of Georgia entered the State of Florida and took enslaved people that they claimed were theirs back to Georgia.
To the colored men of voting age in the southern states.
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…
Unidentified woman resting her arm on a book entitled History of Slavery
The potrait is of a white wealthy woman who has her arm on a book labeled history of slavery
Tags: History of Slavery, Women
Whipping of a Fugitive Slave, French West Indies, 1840s
Lying on his stomach, the victim's hands and legs are tied to stakes while he is being whipped by the black overseer; next to one of his legs is the iron spiked collar, with attached chain, which was often attached to the neck of captured fugitive…
William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Revolutionary War document, Caster Freeman served as a private in the 8th Connecticut Regiment, Camp Highland, Jan. 1780
A letter confirming a soldier's payment from war.
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