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Canja under Sail - Egypt

Canja under Sail - Egypt

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Kefla Abay, High Priest of the Nile

Kefla Abay, High Priest of the Nile

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Costume de Sennar, Voyage a meroe au fleuve blanc au dela de fazoql

Costume de Sennar, Voyage a meroe au fleuve blanc au dela de fazoql

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A Mameluke of Cairo in Egypt. - Egypt

A Mameluke of Cairo in Egypt. - Egypt

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Dedication to the Queen, highlands of Ethiopia

Dedication to the Queen, highlands of Ethiopia

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Josiah Henson - Public domain portrait engraving

Josiah Henson - Public domain portrait engraving

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Bakalahari Women drawing water, african travels

Bakalahari Women drawing water, african travels

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Nicolas, Prince of Congo - Public domain dedication image

Nicolas, Prince of Congo - Public domain dedication image

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Four portraits of Negro women : Two public school teachers

Four portraits of Negro women : Two public school teachers

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The Crisis : A monthly magazine
Man & Woman of Cacongo.

Man & Woman of Cacongo.

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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African Travelling - Public domain scan / engraving

African Travelling - Public domain scan / engraving

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Songs of Jamaica by Claude McKay; Title page signed by the author for Arthur Schomburg.
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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Racial Mixture in eighteenth-century Mexico: Mestizo, Castizo, Spaniard, Mulatto, Morisco, Chino, Salta-atrás, Lobo, Jibaro, Albarazado, Cambujo, Zambaigo, Calpamulato, Tente en el aire, No te entiendo, Torna-atrás.

Racial Mixture in eighteenth-century Mexico: Mestizo, Castizo, Spaniar...

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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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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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1. House at Kurreechane to protect children during the night from lions, 2. Tammaha House at Meribohwhey, 3. Furnace for smelting at Kurreechane, 4&5. Pottery for containing Milk made at Kurreechane, 6. A Mashow razor made of steel.

1. House at Kurreechane to protect children during the night from lion...

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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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Rev. M. C. B. Mason, Ph. D. - Public domain dedication image, book by Booker T. Washington
Hon. Judge George L. Ruffin - Public domain portrait engraving

Hon. Judge George L. Ruffin - Public domain portrait engraving

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Rev. D. Webster Davis - Public domain dedication image, book by Booker T. Washington
Auditorium - Commencement Day. - Public domain dedication image

Auditorium - Commencement Day. - Public domain dedication image

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Outline of an Abyssinian Drawing
View of Goree - Public domain dedication image

View of Goree - Public domain dedication image

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Statue of Toussaint L'ouverture
Mrs. Ida Yeocum, Secretary of the Woman's Mite Missionary Society.

Mrs. Ida Yeocum, Secretary of the Woman's Mite Missionary Society.

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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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Temple of the Talbes or Marabouts

Temple of the Talbes or Marabouts

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Return of the Sultan of Massena, african travels
Pitch Lake, Trinidad - West Indies

Pitch Lake, Trinidad - West Indies

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Barbadian Types - West Indies - Public domain dedication image

Barbadian Types - West Indies - Public domain dedication image

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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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Negro Hut, St. Vincent - Public domain dedication image

Negro Hut, St. Vincent - Public domain dedication image

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Impoverished Sugar-Estates, Barbados

Impoverished Sugar-Estates, Barbados

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Observations sur l'origine et les progrès du préjugé des colons blancs contre les hommes de couleur; sur les inconvéniens de le perpétuer; la nécessité, la facilité de le détruire; sur le projet du Comité colonial, etc. Par M. Raymond, homme de couleur de Saint-Domingue.
John W. Dungee. - Public domain dedication image
Ruins of Semneh, on the East & West Sides of the River

Ruins of Semneh, on the East & West Sides of the River

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Dr. D. W. Onley - Public domain portrait drawing, book by Booker T. Washington
“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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Black Patti (Sissieretta Jones) : The great singer.

Black Patti (Sissieretta Jones) : The great singer.

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Sculpture in the Temple of Semneh.

Sculpture in the Temple of Semneh.

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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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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers
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
Mr. Harvey’s title deed for the plantation called Brienne in the plain of Santeurs

Mr. Harvey’s title deed for the plantation called Brienne in the plain...

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Les Liliacees: Houzouana

Les Liliacees: Houzouana

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Les Liliacees: Camp a une Horde de Caffres detruits.

Les Liliacees: Camp a une Horde de Caffres detruits.

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The Funeral Procession of a distinguished Person of Congo.

The Funeral Procession of a distinguished Person of Congo.

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Women Shepherdesses, highlands of Ethiopia

Women Shepherdesses, highlands of Ethiopia

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Thara and Gobanah Gallah Chieftains, highlands of Ethiopia

Thara and Gobanah Gallah Chieftains, highlands of Ethiopia

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Egyptian Lady in the Harem. Cairo

Egyptian Lady in the Harem. Cairo

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Heads of Africans in the Lake District. 1. Mganga, or Medicine-man, 2. The Porter, 3. The Guide, 4. Minuya Kidogo, 5. Mother and Child.

Heads of Africans in the Lake District. 1. Mganga, or Medicine-man, 2....

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Dr. Ida Gray. - Public domain portrait engraving

Dr. Ida Gray. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Temple of Amenoph, Solib. - Public domain dedication image

Temple of Amenoph, Solib. - Public domain dedication image

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An Evil of Slavery. Shivery family papers

An Evil of Slavery. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Educational and professional. Shivery family papers
Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Negro anthology: 1931-1933

Negro anthology: 1931-1933

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Houses and Yard of Sinosee, in Kurreechane

Houses and Yard of Sinosee, in Kurreechane

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Beersheba French M Station - Public domain dedication image

Beersheba French M Station - Public domain dedication image

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Senora Maria Cabrales de Maceo - Public domain dedication image

Senora Maria Cabrales de Maceo - Public domain dedication image

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Les Liliacees: Jeune Hottentot Gonaquoi.
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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Mrs. Josephine A. Silone Yates. Scientist, Educator, Writer, known as Mrs. R.K. Potter.

Mrs. Josephine A. Silone Yates. Scientist, Educator, Writer, known as ...

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Black Mother being separated from her baby

Black Mother being separated from her baby

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Ida B. Wells - Public domain portrait print

Ida B. Wells - Public domain portrait print

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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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Habesh, or Abyssinian Slave. Cairo

Habesh, or Abyssinian Slave. Cairo

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Resurrection of Henry Box Brown.
Chas. L. Reason - Public domain portrait engraving

Chas. L. Reason - Public domain portrait engraving

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A Lattakoo Chief and his Wife - Public domain dedication image

A Lattakoo Chief and his Wife - Public domain dedication image

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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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Cavaliers Rouges D'Abd-El-Kader

Cavaliers Rouges D'Abd-El-Kader

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No.2 A table of Hieroglyphics, found at Axum 1771

No.2 A table of Hieroglyphics, found at Axum 1771

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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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Saw-Mill Men of Tuskegee Industrial Institute

Saw-Mill Men of Tuskegee Industrial Institute

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Faculty of C. N. and I. Department.
Ustensiles de menage des Bachapins
Directiva del Club Guerilla de A. Maceo. 1. Benito Magdariaga, Vocal, 2. Olallo Miranda, Vocal, 3. Antonio Gomero, vocal, 4. Jose Fernandez Mesa, vocal, 5. Damaso Cala, secretario, 6. Joaquin Gorosabe, Presidente, 7. Pedro Calderin, Tesorero

Directiva del Club Guerilla de A. Maceo. 1. Benito Magdariaga, Vocal, ...

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