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A sketch from God's description of the " Consequences of Emancipation." Isa.58

A sketch from God's description of the " Consequences of Emancipation....

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The separation of a family of slaves after being seized & sold upon a warrant of destraint for their masters debts. As described in Bickells "West Indies as they are," page 16&17.

The separation of a family of slaves after being seized & sold upon a ...

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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...

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John W. Dungee. - Public domain dedication image
The mode of flogging slaves. As described in Bickells "West Indies as they are," page 13

The mode of flogging slaves. As described in Bickells "West Indies as ...

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Resurrection of Henry Box Brown.
Slaves chained together by the neck and driven to work on the roads. See Bickells "West Indies as they are," page 15

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Crossing the bay in a skiff. - Public domain dedication image

Crossing the bay in a skiff. - Public domain dedication image

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Free labor and slave labor. Great race between the North and the South.
Eminent anti-slavery men; Lewis Tappan.

Eminent anti-slavery men; Lewis Tappan.

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Officers of the road; Samuel D. Burris, conductor.
Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation

Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation

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William Still; The underground railroad.

William Still; The underground railroad.

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Death of Romulus Hall. - Public domain dedication image

Death of Romulus Hall. - Public domain dedication image

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Chart of the world, on Mercator's Projection. Illustrative of the Impolicy of Slavery.
The mayor and police of Norfolk searching Captain Fountain's schooner; Twenty-eight fugitives were concealed in this vessel.

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What has the North to do with slavery ?
Eminent anti-slavery men; Rev. William H. Furness.
Papers presented to the House of Commons, respecting the slave trade

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

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Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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

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

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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
The purchaser of the husband has sent to have him dragged away. As he does not wish for the 'balance' of the family, they have been taken by different purchasers.

The purchaser of the husband has sent to have him dragged away. As he ...

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Escape with a lady, as her coachman, with master's horse and carriage.

Escape with a lady, as her coachman, with master's horse and carriage.

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Escape of eleven passengers from Maryland in two carriages; Escaping with masters carriages and horses.

Escape of eleven passengers from Maryland in two carriages; Escaping w...

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Heavy weights - arrival of a party at League Island; Fifteen escaped in this schooner.

Heavy weights - arrival of a party at League Island; Fifteen escaped i...

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The driver's whip unfolds its torturing coil. "She only sulks go lash her to her toil."
Living in a cave. - Public domain dedication image
Our peculiar domestic institutions.
Faithful workers in the cause; Lucretia Mott.

Faithful workers in the cause; Lucretia Mott.

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

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

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Barbarous mode of punishing a slave with the paddle
Charity Still - twice escaped from slavery.

Charity Still - twice escaped from slavery.

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Mode of whipping - Public domain dedication image

Mode of whipping - Public domain dedication image

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Slave in chains kneeling & praying

Slave in chains kneeling & praying

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The way they " catch men " in Pennsylvania.

The way they " catch men " in Pennsylvania.

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Members of the acting committee; Charles Wise, treasurer.

Members of the acting committee; Charles Wise, treasurer.

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

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

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

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

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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 ...

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Am I not a woman and a sister? - Public domain dedication image
Emancipated slaves can take care of themselves.
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...

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Desperate conflict in a barn - Public domain dedication image
A printing press demolished at slavery's bidding.
Selling a mother from her child.

Selling a mother from her child.

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Fourth of July.
Station masters on the road; Dr. Bartholomew Fussell.

Station masters on the road; Dr. Bartholomew Fussell.

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Officers of the road; William Whipper, conductor at Columbia.

Officers of the road; William Whipper, conductor at Columbia.

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Slaves exposed for sale. See Bickells "West Indies as they are," page 19

Slaves exposed for sale. See Bickells "West Indies as they are," page ...

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Escaping from Portsmouth, VA.; Escaping from Norfolk in Capt. Lee's skiff.

Escaping from Portsmouth, VA.; Escaping from Norfolk in Capt. Lee's sk...

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John Henry Hill. - Public domain dedication image

John Henry Hill. - Public domain dedication image

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Samuel Green sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years for having a copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in his house.

Samuel Green sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years for having a ...

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Mary Millburn; Secreted in a box.

Mary Millburn; Secreted in a box.

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Eminent anti-slavery men; William Lloyd Garrison.
Husbands, wives, and families sold indiscriminately to different purchasers, are violently separated ; probably never to meet again

Husbands, wives, and families sold indiscriminately to different purch...

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

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

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Underground rail-road, book cover

Underground rail-road, book cover

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A narrow escape. - Public domain dedication image
Arrival from Maryland, 1859; Ann Maria Jackson and her seven children.

Arrival from Maryland, 1859; Ann Maria Jackson and her seven children.

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'Old Kentuck' setting on his dogs.

'Old Kentuck' setting on his dogs.

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Rescue of Jane Johnson and her children.

Rescue of Jane Johnson and her children.

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The friends of humanity laying the axe to the upas tree of slavery, which is ever loaded with the sum of all villanies
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 ...

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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...

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

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

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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...

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

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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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