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Black Mother being separated from her baby

Black Mother being separated from her baby

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

Slaves chained together by the neck and driven to work on the roads. S...

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The case of the Royal African Company of England

The case of the Royal African Company of England

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Barbarity committed on a free African, who was found on the ensuing morning, by the side of the road, dead!

Barbarity committed on a free African, who was found on the ensuing mo...

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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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Certificate of freedom in ten years for woman named Dinah, signed by Maria Duffie

Certificate of freedom in ten years for woman named Dinah, signed by M...

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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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Royal Portuguese Decree

Royal Portuguese Decree

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Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation

Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation

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African slave traffic - Public domain dedication image
A black family being separated - Public domain dedication image

A black family being separated - Public domain dedication image

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Chart of the world, on Mercator's Projection. Illustrative of the Impolicy of Slavery.
Drowning - Public domain dedication image

Drowning - Public domain dedication image

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Substance of the speech of the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, in the House of Lords, on Monday, June 27, 1814, in moving for certain papers relative to the revival of the slave trade

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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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Description of a slave ship - Public domain dedication image

Description of a slave ship - Public domain dedication image

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The coffle gang. (see page 164)

The coffle gang. (see page 164)

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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
Left by slave traders to their fate

Left by slave traders to their fate

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Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

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Slave auction
A discourse, delivered at the African meeting-house, in Boston, July 14, 1808, in grateful celebration of the abolition of the African slave-trade, by the governments of the United States, Great Britain and Denmark
An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa

An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa

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Correspondence from Granville Sharp, Chairman of the Committee of London for Abolition of the Slave Trade, to Hercules Ross of North Britain, September 17, 1791. The letter bears the abolitionist seal, “Am I Not a Man and a Brother.”

Correspondence from Granville Sharp, Chairman of the Committee of Lond...

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Slave hire agreement, January 29, 1825. A promissory note for $184.75, the document also includes a list of clothing and a blanket to be given to the slave.

Slave hire agreement, January 29, 1825. A promissory note for $184.75,...

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Solomon Northup in his plantation suit.

Solomon Northup in his plantation suit.

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Kidnapping. - Public domain dedication image

Kidnapping. - Public domain dedication image

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Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification accordée au commerce pour la traite des nègres

Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification acco...

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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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Flogging American women. - Public domain dedication image

Flogging American women. - Public domain dedication image

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Tanning a boy. - Public domain dedication image

Tanning a boy. - Public domain dedication image

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The Slave Chain at the Coast., african travels

The Slave Chain at the Coast., african travels

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American slave trade; or, An account of the manner in which the slave dealers take free people from some of the United States of America, and carry them away, and sell them as slaves in other of the states; and of the horrible cruelties practised in the carrying on of this most infamous traffic : with reflections on the project for forming a colony of American blacks in Africa, and certain documents respecting that project.

American slave trade; or, An account of the manner in which the slave ...

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Branding slaves - Public domain dedication image

Branding slaves - Public domain dedication image

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Exchanging citizens for horses.

Exchanging citizens for horses.

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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...

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Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African Company for settling the trade to Africa

Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African C...

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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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O herre, kop mitt yngsta barn, sa att jag matte fa behalla atminstone ett enda af mina barn." (sid. 21)
The driver's whip unfolds its torturing coil. "She only sulks go lash her to her toil."
Ladies whipping girls. - Public domain dedication image

Ladies whipping girls. - Public domain dedication image

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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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De slavenhandelaar Walker en de schryver dryven slaven naar de markt. De schryver en zyne moeder worden gevangen genomen en in slaverny teruggevoerd.

De slavenhandelaar Walker en de schryver dryven slaven naar de markt. ...

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Granville Sharp, London, England. To "Gentlemen of the Committee" [for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, Edinburgh]

Granville Sharp, London, England. To "Gentlemen of the Committee" [for...

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Picture of slavery in the United States of America. [title page]

Picture of slavery in the United States of America. [title page]

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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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Reward notice for runaway slaves

Reward notice for runaway slaves

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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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Selling females by the pound. - Public domain dedication image

Selling females by the pound. - Public domain dedication image

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Family amalgamation among the men-stealers.

Family amalgamation among the men-stealers.

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A slave plantation. - Public domain dedication image

A slave plantation. - Public domain dedication image

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Auction at Richmond. - Public domain dedication image

Auction at Richmond. - Public domain dedication image

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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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Brazilian slave register

Brazilian slave register

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Manuscript of an officer of the highest class moving to Portugal

Manuscript of an officer of the highest class moving to Portugal

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Slave trade, Sierra Leone :: return to an address to His Majesty, dated 7 March 1832; for copy of a charge delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Jeffcott to the Grand Jury of Sierra Leone, on the subject of the slave trade in that colony ...
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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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

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

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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

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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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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African slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, together with the correspondence of George W. Slacum, relative to the African slave trade

African slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, ...

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An act for regulating, until the first day of August 1799, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa

An act for regulating, until the first day of August 1799, the shippin...

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Sold to go south. (see page 178)

Sold to go south. (see page 178)

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Slave Trade, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Slave Trade, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Captain Thomas Doring [also written "Doran"]

Captain Thomas Doring [also written "Doran"]

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