Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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2004 November 5
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCannons at Cape Coast Casle Fortress, Castle Fortress. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 36.
after 1953
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Dixie Logging Tool Company cant hook, or cant dog, with a wooden lever handle and a movable metal duckbill hook with a gripping tooth, or dog, at one end. The hook is bolted to a thick clasp. The clasp is wrapped around the handle and held in place with…
1840s-1850s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wooden drum-shaped canteen with two spouts. Drum-shaped, flat sides are the front and back, meant to sit on four metal feet on one side of curved end, opposite two spouts. Two metal cylindrical spouts on top side (rounded-edge), one is larger that the…
2004 November 5
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCape Coast Castle Fortress - "Slave castle". Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 32.
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGReproduction of an engraving entitled "Capture of a Slaver off the Coast of Cuba" The print depicts a large, three-mast slave ship with two other vessels sailing up behind it. There are two smaller boats with oarsmen off to the side approaching the slave…
2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an envelope (a) and insert (b) from the United States Postal Service celebrating the First-Day-Of-Issue Ceremony for the Emancipation Proclamation Forever Stamp. The envelope (a) is a rectangular white envelope with a straight-edge fold over the…
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Carl R. Polk (c. 1841–1926) was a farmer, state legislator, and judge in Arkansas. He was born a slave in Arkansas.
1826–1908
Caroline Remond Putnam (c. 1826–1908) was an African-American businesswoman and abolitionist in Salem, Massachusetts. Along with two of her sisters, she owned and operated the largest wig factory in the state, making her mark on the growing field of…
1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA booklet copy of Carpet-Bag Misrule in Louisiana: The Tragedy of the Reconstruction Era Following the War Between the States," issued September 1, 1938 by the Louisiana State Museum. The cover features the title in gothic font at the top: [Carpet-Bag…
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Carrie A. Tuggle (May 28, 1858 – November 5, 1924) was an American educator, philanthropist, and social activist. After emancipation, she sought for equality in education, and the right to exercise voting rights in Birmingham, Alabama. She established…
ca.1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn album of cartes-de-visite featuring men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers, assembled by John Ritchie, the regimental quartermaster. The book has a tooled black leather cover with gold painted details. There is a floral decoration on the…
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite depicting two (2) men standing arm-in-arm, facing the viewer. An unidentified white man is depicted on the left and an unidentified black man is depicted on the right. The man on the left is wearing a three piece suit with a dark suit…
1861-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen carte-de-visite of a boy identified as "Sandy" of Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Sandy is depicted sitting on a wooden ladder-back chair, facing directly towards the viewer and is smiling. He sits diagonally with his proper left arm…
ca. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone carte-de-visite of a Freedmen’s School. Standing closing together in front of a large building composed of logs and wide planks, several children are photographed on a bright day, surrounded by mature skinny trees. This image captures just one…
1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA small black-and-white print of a woman in a floral patterned dress and a white collar with her arm around a young boy in a button down shirt and pants. He stands beside her while she sits. Adhered to the back of the photograph are two red one cent tax…
1864 - 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of a young woman and two children. The woman is pictured seated in the center of the image, flanked by two young girls standing next to her. The woman is wearing a long, dot-patterned dress with bow at the collar. Her proper right arm is…
1862-1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA reddish-brown photograph of an unidentified Union soldier posed in a photographer’s studio. The man is standing slightly off-center and is wearing a nine-button frock coat with a high collar. The coat has contrasting piping around the collar and sleeves.…
1861-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite with an albumen print depicting an unidentified young man or teenaged boy wearing civilian and military clothing in front of a camp scene backdrop. He wears a kepi, a dark vest buttoned over a high-necked white shirt, a light colored…
1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite with an albumen print of Caesar Jones, Esq. Jones is seated and shown above the knee, with his right elbow resting on a table and holding a cane or walking stick in his left hand. He is wearing a three-piece suit and a bowtie. His name is…
1862 - 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis carte-de-visite depicts Douglass from the shoulders up in three-quarter profile view gazing to the viewer's right. Wearing a light colored collar, dark coat, and dark cravat, Douglass has a mustache, as well as a light streak in his hair. The reverse…
1868-1871
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print carte-de-visite portrait of Lt. Governor Oscar J. Dunn. He is photographed standing with his right foot slightly forward than his left and has his left arm resting on a pedestal. He is wearing a dark colored suit, vest and a bowtie. A…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite bust-length portrait of Marquis Peterson. He is wearing a dark-colored jacket, vest, bowtie and a light-colored shirt. He is looking at the camera and has large sideburns. A button can be seen on his right lapel. The back of the card has…
ca. 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of conjoined twins Millie and Christine McCoy. The pair are pictured standing in studio and wear a vertically striped dress with heeled shoes adorned with a series of jeweled buckles. Millie is on the left and Christine is on the right,…
1862
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis Civil War era photo depicts the Virginia home of a Mrs. Spinner. Enslaved persons are visible in the foreground against a tree. On the back is a printed label documenting the image.
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