Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis silkscreen print depicts a man on a carriage driving two horses. The man wears a tall hat and deep red overcoat with large golden buttons and white trousers. His arms are stretched in front of him holding on to the horse's reins. In the top right…
1861 - 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGImage of an African American boy marching with a broom for a rifle at his side. Signed in the image: Th. Nast. The card appears trimmed down; caption is truncated: "The Colored Volunteer.
1934
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet titled [The Communist Party and the Emancipation of the Negro People]. The pamphlet consists of black ink on browned paper. The cover features, at center, a photograph of the head and shoulders of Earl Browder. The interior contains sixteen…
November 1912
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGNovember 1912 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The center of the cover features a portrait illustration of a woman by John Henry Adams. The title across the top reads [THE CRISIS] followed by an illustration of a winged Egyptian prince and [A RECORD OF THE…
July 10, 1856
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis newspaper is the July 10, 1856, edition of The Daily Picayune of New Orleans, Louisiana. The newspaper includes advertisements for purchasing ready made clothing, including clothing for enslaved people. There are numerous advertisements offering…
2004 November 18
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG"The Door of No Return" memorial arch, to remember enslaved individuals taken from the port city. Original Carousel number, 4, slide number, 134.
1845
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA faded blue textbook with black text titled “The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book” by Noah Webster. Printed at the top of the cover is “THE LAST REVISED EDITION.” The title is at the center of the cover…
2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color screen print of two figures, male and female, and a flying bird in silhouette against a dark blue background. The silhouette of the bird appears overhead in the upper left corner, releasing a bright white blob that covers both figures from their…
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “The Emancipation of Chuck D interview” (Text).
October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “The entrance of the House of Slaves Museum, Gorée, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
November 15, 1879
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn essay written and released by member of the Office of the Emigrant Aid Society of Washington, D.C., on November 15, 1879, titled "The Exodus: An Appeal to the Philanthropic People of the North for Aid and Sympathy." It is printed on a single sheet…
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "The slave fort at Goree as it looks from the Island. Taken during July and August, 1980 on my trip with Dale Williams. The date on the slide is SEP 80.".
1892
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA chromolithographic print depicting the massacre at Fort Pillow, with General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate troops using rifles, knives and bayonets to attack the surrendering Federal force along with unarmed African American men, women and…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book with dark brown cover. Gold writing on the spine reads, [The / Freedmen's / Book / Mrs. Child / Ticknor & CO]. The title page readds [THE / FREEDMEN'S BOOK. / BY L. MARIA CHILD.] followed by a quote from John G. Whittier, the logo for…
July 25, 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPage from a July 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly. The off-white page from Harper's Weekly has a black-and-white print of a wood engraving. It depicts a uniformed figure representing the Freedmen's Bureau at center, holding out his hand to stop a group of…
1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cast and painted plaster statuette depicting the figure of an unidentified fugitive enslaved woman holding a baby and standing in front of three men. She wears a scarf over her head, and a shawl around her shoulders. There is a tied bundle on the floor…
1854
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBooklet of yellowed paper and black text. Title reads "THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL ENACTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS." The entire bill is 8 pages, seven of which are printed with bold black mourning borders. The rear cover features a reproduction of an…
May 1867; printed ca. 1889
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone albumen photograph of a photomechanical newspaper image capturing the grand jury that indicted Jefferson Davis. Captioned at the top of the heavily faded image is: [THE GRAND JURY / This is the Grand Jury that indicted Mr. Davis, and was the…
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA large appliqué textile work depicting Nat Turner's life and rebellion of enslaved persons in Virginia in August 1831. The work consists of a single, long, rectangular panel, handsewn with pieces of appliquéd fabrics creating colorful and curving figures…
1862
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis oil painting depicts a fugitive enslaved man and woman beset by three mastiff dogs in a marshy landscape. On the right side of the painting are two human figures who face left across the painting to the dogs.The man stands in a half-crouch between the…
1789; republished 1837
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book titled The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African written by Eqiano Olaudah. The book has a brown leather cover with gold colored lettering. A paper dust jacket with "Gustavus Vassa" on the…
1879; published 1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover 1880 illustrated edition of The Invisible Empire, by Albion W. Tourge´e, including both Part I: A Fool's Errand and Part II: A Concise Review of Recent Events. The book has a brown cover with black text and designs. The spine reads [THE…
1861
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis book is a sixth edition of The Justices' Practice Under the Laws of Maryland; Including the Duties of a Constable, and also of a Coroner by John H. B. Latrobe. The book was published by Lucas Brothers of Baltimore in 1861. The volume is bound in light…
2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a painted laser-cut stainless-steel maquette in the shape of a 19th century caravan cart. The rectangular, black cart has four wheels, four sides, and a slightly peaked roof. The wagon depicts a violent story of slavery with each of the four sides…
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