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Africans aboard a slave ship in 1860

Africans aboard a slave ship in 1860

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First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation

First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation

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Slave auction in Virginia

Slave auction in Virginia

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18th-century print of sugar-cane processing

18th-century print of sugar-cane processing

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Advertisement for slave sale, ca. 1780s

Advertisement for slave sale, ca. 1780s

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Cartoon from 1848 regarding Wilmot Proviso

Cartoon from 1848 regarding Wilmot Proviso

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Slave market in Constantinople

Slave market in Constantinople

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Slave auction house in Atlanta, Georgia in 1864

Slave auction house in Atlanta, Georgia in 1864

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Solomon Northup in the cotton field

Solomon Northup in the cotton field

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Print depicting slave being whipped

Print depicting slave being whipped

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Print depicting women being sold by the pound

Print depicting women being sold by the pound

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Print depicting slave being flogged

Print depicting slave being flogged

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Print depicting female slave being flogged

Print depicting female slave being flogged

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Slaves pick cotton on a plantation

Slaves pick cotton on a plantation

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Slaves pick coffee on a plantation

Slaves pick coffee on a plantation

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Sugar cane field

Sugar cane field

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Slaves gather sugar cane

Slaves gather sugar cane

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Solomon Northup arrives home after enslavement

Solomon Northup arrives home after enslavement

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Solomon Northup in his plantation suit

Solomon Northup in his plantation suit

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Scene in slave pen at Washington as experienced by Solomon Northup

Scene in slave pen at Washington as experienced by Solomon Northup

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Slave dealers separate woman from her last child

Slave dealers separate woman from her last child

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Solomon Northup rescued from hanging

Solomon Northup rescued from hanging

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Haggling for slaves in Africa

Haggling for slaves in Africa

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Christian slavery in Barbary

Christian slavery in Barbary

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Branding slaves

Branding slaves

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Slaves on sugar plantation

Slaves on sugar plantation

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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

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Abraham Lincoln poses with Sojourner Truth

Abraham Lincoln poses with Sojourner Truth

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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1800s ad for Cotton Bale Medicine Company

1800s ad for Cotton Bale Medicine Company

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Roman statue of slave child

Roman statue of slave child

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Minerva overlooks slaves at work

Minerva overlooks slaves at work

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Educated slave does calculations for his Roman master

Educated slave does calculations for his Roman master

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Roman woman weighs out wool

Roman woman weighs out wool

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Slave whipped by Roman master

Slave whipped by Roman master

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Contraband School in Arlington Virginia during Civil War

Contraband School in Arlington Virginia during Civil War

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Title page of Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley

Title page of Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley

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Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Keckley

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Contrabands in Virginia during Civil War

Contrabands in Virginia during Civil War

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Death of Spartacus

Death of Spartacus

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Hebrew exodus from Egypt

Hebrew exodus from Egypt

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Erection of buildings in ancient Egypt

Erection of buildings in ancient Egypt

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Rebuilding of Jerusalem

Rebuilding of Jerusalem

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