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Josiah Henson - Public domain portrait engraving

Josiah Henson - Public domain portrait engraving

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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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Statistics of population.  General statistics of the Negro population of the United States, by counties: 1910.  (counties in which no Negroes were reported are omitted.)

Statistics of population. General statistics of the Negro population ...

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Flogging the negro. (see page 206)

Flogging the negro. (see page 206)

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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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Auditorium - Commencement Day. - Public domain dedication image

Auditorium - Commencement Day. - Public domain dedication image

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Statue of Toussaint L'ouverture
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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“An Account of the African Blood Brotherhood: Interview with Cyril Briggs”

“An Account of the African Blood Brotherhood: Interview with Cyril Bri...

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Three children in a temple, Vol. II No. VI

Three children in a temple, Vol. II No. VI

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“The Negro Immigrant in New York”

“The Negro Immigrant in New York”

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Plantation Inventory - Public domain document scan

Plantation Inventory - Public domain document scan

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Florence Mills

Florence Mills

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Southern horrors : lynch law in all its phases
Diagr. V ; Missouri compromise 1820.
The apprehension of the fugitive
Negro Abraham. - Public domain portrait print

Negro Abraham. - Public domain portrait print

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Branding slaves - Public domain dedication image

Branding slaves - Public domain dedication image

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Am I not a man and a brother? - Public domain portrait print

Am I not a man and a brother? - Public domain portrait print

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Exchanging citizens for horses.

Exchanging citizens for horses.

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Threw his master sprawling." - Public domain dedication image

Threw his master sprawling." - Public domain dedication image

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With one wild cry and flying leap she vaulted sheer over."
I take care of um," said Peter - Public domain dedication image

I take care of um," said Peter - Public domain dedication image

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Emancipated slaves can take care of themselves.
'Here, you nigger!' raising his riding-whip."
'I forgive ye, with all my heart!' said Tom."
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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"Savoy Ballroom"

"Savoy Ballroom"

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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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“Housing in Harlem: Interview with John E Nail”

“Housing in Harlem: Interview with John E Nail”

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“Position of African Blood Brotherhood”

“Position of African Blood Brotherhood”

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Florence Mills

Florence Mills

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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)
Farley Vale Estate Inventory. - Public domain document scan

Farley Vale Estate Inventory. - Public domain document scan

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Slave auction bill
View of Roehampton Estate, Jamaica; One of the many properties destroyed in the late rebellion.

View of Roehampton Estate, Jamaica; One of the many properties destroy...

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John Brown. - Public domain portrait engraving

John Brown. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Human flesh at auction. (see page 121)

Human flesh at auction. (see page 121)

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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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Whipping a restrained slave - Public domain dedication image

Whipping a restrained slave - Public domain dedication image

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Seize him! Seize him! - Public domain dedication image

Seize him! Seize him! - Public domain dedication image

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Graduating class - 1915. - Public domain dedication image

Graduating class - 1915. - Public domain dedication image

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Into such an assembly ... our traveller entered."

Into such an assembly ... our traveller entered."

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Shoemaking Department. - Public domain dedication image

Shoemaking Department. - Public domain dedication image

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'What's little missy's name?' said Tom."

'What's little missy's name?' said Tom."

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Choir. - Public domain dedication image

Choir. - Public domain dedication image

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Our peculiar domestic institutions.
Girl teaching child to read - Book for children

Girl teaching child to read - Book for children

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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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An Evil of Slavery. Shivery family papers

An Evil of Slavery. Shivery family papers

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Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave, on an English platform, denouncing slaveholders and their religious abettors
As - se - he - ho - lar, (known as Osceola, or Powell.)

As - se - he - ho - lar, (known as Osceola, or Powell.)

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Miss Hallie Q. Brown. ; Miss Dora E. Johnson.

Miss Hallie Q. Brown. ; Miss Dora E. Johnson.

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Black Mother being separated from her baby

Black Mother being separated from her baby

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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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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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Decks of a slave ship - Public domain dedication image

Decks of a slave ship - Public domain dedication image

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Faculty of C. N. and I. Department.
She began to sob vehemently." - Public domain dedication image

She began to sob vehemently." - Public domain dedication image

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Bill of sale for un Negro Bozal

Bill of sale for un Negro Bozal

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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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Free labor and slave labor. Great race between the North and the South.
Liste des Esclaves - Public domain document scan

Liste des Esclaves - Public domain document scan

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Samuel Ringold Ward

Samuel Ringold Ward

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Fugitive slaves fleeing from slave catchers on horseback
Juvenile anti-slavery society, Vol. II no. V

Juvenile anti-slavery society, Vol. II no. V

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The Tiger's Roar: An Independent Voice of the Student Body, Volume XXXII

The Tiger's Roar: An Independent Voice of the Student Body, Volume XXX...

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Solomon Riley

Solomon Riley

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Southern horrors : lynch law in all its phases
Nat Turner & his confederates in conference

Nat Turner & his confederates in conference

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Josiah Henson. - Public domain portrait engraving

Josiah Henson. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Jag Kastade mig ned pa jorden och kysste den." (sid. 95)
Havana - Public domain dedication image

Havana - Public domain dedication image

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Left by slave traders to their fate

Left by slave traders to their fate

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Statistics of population.  General statistics of the Negro population of the United States, by counties: 1910.  (counties in which no Negroes were reported are omitted.)

Statistics of population. General statistics of the Negro population ...

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Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

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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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Teacher's Tennis Club. - Public domain dedication image

Teacher's Tennis Club. - Public domain dedication image

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Domestic Science class. - Public domain dedication image

Domestic Science class. - Public domain dedication image

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A black man being physically restrained and whipped by two white men on horseback

A black man being physically restrained and whipped by two white men o...

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Lieut. B. O. Davis. Military Instructor and Commandant. Wiberforce, Ohio.

Lieut. B. O. Davis. Military Instructor and Commandant. Wiberforce, Oh...

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Athletic activities. - Public domain dedication image
Bill Robinson

Bill Robinson

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Slave auction
Prayer of the colored mother - Book for children

Prayer of the colored mother - Book for children

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Shackels - Book for children

Shackels - Book for children

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Maria Garcia, Liberta

Maria Garcia, Liberta

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“The 'Numbers' Racket” - NYPL public domain manuscripts collection - maniscript, NYPL public domain dedication

“The 'Numbers' Racket” - NYPL public domain manuscripts collection - m...

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Ed Smalls

Ed Smalls

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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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Punishment record books of Friendship Plantation

Punishment record books of Friendship Plantation

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Medals, seals, etc., issued in connection with Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery.

Medals, seals, etc., issued in connection with Wilberforce and the abo...

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Uncle Tom's Cabin, title page, title page

Uncle Tom's Cabin, title page, title page

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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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Padron de Esclavos: Rosenda - Public domain document scan

Padron de Esclavos: Rosenda - Public domain document scan

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