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$150 Reward For Runaway
William Burke
$150 Reward For Runaway
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: advertisement
Year: 1838
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The Negro Woman's Appeal to Her White Sisters
Richard Barrett
The Negro Woman's Appeal to Her White Sisters
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: broadside
Year: 1850
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Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention
American Antislavery Society of Philadelphia
Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: broadside
Year: 1833
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Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788
Anonymous
Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1788
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The Slave Sale
Anonymous
The Slave Sale
Credit: Cosmopolitan Magazine [number 38, December 1904]
Media type: engraving
Year: 1855
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The Africans of the Slave Bark
Harper's Weekly
The Africans of the Slave Bark
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1860
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Slave Auction at RICHMOND VIRGINIA [Illustrated London News, Sept 27 1865]
Anonymous
Slave Auction at RICHMOND VIRGINIA [Illustrated London News, Sept 27 1865]
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1865
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United States Slave Trade
Anonymous
United States Slave Trade
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1830
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Plantation Economy in the Old South
William Aiken Walker
Plantation Economy in the Old South
Credit: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Media type: painting
Year: 1876
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Family of Slaves at the Gaines' House
George Harper Houghton
Family of Slaves at the Gaines' House
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1861
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Slaves, plantation of James Joyner Smith, Beaufort, South Carolina
Timothy O'Sullivan
Slaves, plantation of James Joyner Smith, Beaufort, South Carolina
Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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Large Group of Slaves Standing in Front of Buildings On Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Large Group of Slaves Standing in Front of Buildings On Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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Former Slaves Standing in Front of their Cabin
Anonymous
Former Slaves Standing in Front of their Cabin
Credit: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission
Media type: photograph
Year: 1899
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Five Generations On Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Five Generations On Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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Thou Shalt Tread Upon the Lion and Adder…, Declaration of Anti-Slavery Convention Assembled in Philadelphia, December 4, 1833
Reuben Gilbert
Thou Shalt Tread Upon the Lion and Adder…, Declaration of Anti-Slavery Convention Assembled in Philadelphia, December 4, 1833
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: woodprint
Year: 1833
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