NYPL's Public Domain Archive. Not developed or endorsed by NYPL. Part of the World's largest public domain source PICRYL.com.

abolitionists

public
2,868 media by topicpage 1 of 29
Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave, on an English platform, denouncing slaveholders and their religious abettors
Eminent anti-slavery men; Lewis Tappan.

Eminent anti-slavery men; Lewis Tappan.

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hon. Frederick Douglass.

Hon. Frederick Douglass.

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Frederick Douglass - Public domain portrait engraving

Frederick Douglass - Public domain portrait engraving

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Aaron Powell. - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Aaron Powell. - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lewis Tappan - Public domain portrait engraving

Lewis Tappan - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mrs. Frankie Hegamin; Chicago; One who has given all life to the uplifting of her race.

Mrs. Frankie Hegamin; Chicago; One who has given all life to the uplif...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Horace Greeley. Engraved by John Chester Buttre

Horace Greeley. Engraved by John Chester Buttre

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Levi Coffin. ; Calvin Fairbank.

Levi Coffin. ; Calvin Fairbank.

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whereas it is found by experience, that traffique with infidels and barbarous nations not in amity with us

Whereas it is found by experience, that traffique with infidels and ba...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: on his speech, delivered in the House of Commons, on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1795, on Mr. Wilberforce's motion, for the abolition of the slave trade

A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: on his speech, delivered in t...

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

H. O. Wagoner - Public domain portrait engraving

H. O. Wagoner - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Faithful workers in the cause; Lucretia Mott.

Faithful workers in the cause; Lucretia Mott.

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Lloyd Garrison.

William Lloyd Garrison.

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Abolitionists coins - coin, public domain photograph

Abolitionists coins - coin, public domain photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of coin, money, numismatic catalog page, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Frederick Douglass. - Public domain portrait photograph

Frederick Douglass. - Public domain portrait photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Dr. Lyman Clary; Who was active in Abolition affairs and one of the signers of the bonds of those indicted in the Jerry Rescue cases.

Dr. Lyman Clary; Who was active in Abolition affairs and one of the si...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade

Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the su...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

John Brown. - Public domain portrait engraving

John Brown. - Public domain portrait engraving

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Illustrated interviews with eminent public men on leading topics of the day [Frederick Douglass]

Illustrated interviews with eminent public men on leading topics of th...

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, journalist, and social r...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Slave state, Free state
Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Eminent colored men. Frederick Douglass.

Eminent colored men. Frederick Douglass.

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A short sketch of the evidence delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons: for the abolition of the slave trade; to which is added a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
Lucretia Mott. - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Lucretia Mott. - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

N. P. Rogers - Public domain portrait engraving

N. P. Rogers - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photograph of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucretia Mott. - Public domain portrait engraving
P. Saunders, Esq. engraved C. Turner print. Rd. Evans  1775-1839
L. A. Grimes - Public domain portrait engraving

L. A. Grimes - Public domain portrait engraving

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave (frontispiece and title page)

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave (fronti...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anthony Benezet: Benezet instructing colored children
John Brown - Public domain portrait print

John Brown - Public domain portrait print

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

William Wilberforce; As a young man [twenty-nine], when he began to take up the question of the Slave - trade.

William Wilberforce; As a young man [twenty-nine], when he began to ta...

Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Frederick Douglass - Public domain portrait engraving

Frederick Douglass - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photograph of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William King; Friend, champion and deliverer of slaves.

William King; Friend, champion and deliverer of slaves.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass from frontispiece and title page of his book "My Bondage and My Freedom," published in 1856.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass from frontispiece and title page of his...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L. Maria Child. - A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a balcony

L. Maria Child. - A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a balc...

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Hon. Frederick Douglass.

Hon. Frederick Douglass.

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eminent anti-slavery men; Rev. William H. Furness.
John Brown. - A black and white drawing of a man

John Brown. - A black and white drawing of a man

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Abolitionists coins - coin, public domain photograph

Abolitionists coins - coin, public domain photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of coin, money, numismatic catalog page, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Papers presented to the House of Commons, respecting the slave trade

Papers presented to the House of Commons, respecting the slave trade

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Samuel R. Ward. - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

Samuel R. Ward. - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

J. W. Loguen; [A bishop of the Zionites and an abolitionist.]

J. W. Loguen; [A bishop of the Zionites and an abolitionist.]

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

James G. Birney. ; John G. Fee.

James G. Birney. ; John G. Fee.

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Statue of Frederick Douglass. - images Black History Month

Statue of Frederick Douglass. - images Black History Month

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Mary Millburn; Secreted in a box.

Mary Millburn; Secreted in a box.

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eminent anti-slavery men; William Lloyd Garrison.
John Brown, as he looked in 1857.

John Brown, as he looked in 1857.

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

R. Allen - Public domain portrait engraving

R. Allen - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photo of man portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Slavery Abolished by Great Britain 1834, Vol. 1, p. 400 (detail)

Slavery Abolished by Great Britain 1834, Vol. 1, p. 400 (detail)

Public domain photograph of a medal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wendell  Phillips. - Public domain portrait print

Wendell Phillips. - Public domain portrait print

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery

An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for co...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company of England

The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company of England

Public domain scan of a document related to American history, Colonial period, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Faithful workers in the cause; Daniel Gibbons, station master.

Faithful workers in the cause; Daniel Gibbons, station master.

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wm. Lloyd Garrison. - Public domain portrait engraving

Wm. Lloyd Garrison. - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Six sermons, on the several duties of masters, mistresses, slaves, etc: preached at the parish church of St. Peter, in Talbot County in the province of Maryland

Six sermons, on the several duties of masters, mistresses, slaves, etc...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, funerals, monument, memorial, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, funerals, monum...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Previous

of 29

Next