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Background imageBlack history Collection: Freedmens school in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1866

Freedmens school in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1866
Primary school for freedmen, in charge of Mrs. Green, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00001

PBLA2A-00001
Capture of Nat Turner, leader of slave revolt in 1831. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: Interior of slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was born

Interior of slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was born, Burroughs tobacco plantation, Virginia. Photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: Freed slaves attending school in Charleston, South Carolina, 1866

Freed slaves attending school in Charleston, South Carolina, 1866
Zion School for colored children, Charleston, South Carolina, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00005

PBLA2A-00005
Dred Scott in 1857, who lost Supreme Court case and was returned to slavery after residing in a free state. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: Tuskegee Institute mechanical drawing class, 1890s

Tuskegee Institute mechanical drawing class, 1890s
Tuskegee Institute class in architectural and mechanical drawing, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870s

Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870s
Former slaves learning printing at Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00006

PBLA2A-00006
Poet Phyllis Wheatly. Hand-colored woodcut of an 18th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870s

Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870s
African-American students in the assembly-room at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00007

PBLA2A-00007
Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Normal School, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: Woman urging a slave to escape

Woman urging a slave to escape
Plantation school teacher urging a slave to escape to freedom, 1850s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00010

PBLA2A-00010
Joseph Hayne Rainey, first black US Congressman, admitted to the House in 1871. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: Tuskegee Institute in the 1890s

Tuskegee Institute in the 1890s
Armstrong Hall, built by students at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00009

PBLA2A-00009
Hiram R. Revels, first black elected to the US Senate, 1870. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00121

AGRI2A-00121
Slaves bringing in loads of cotton after a days picking, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00011

PBLA2A-00011
Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and Union naval officer, African-American US Congressman from South Caroilina. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00013

PBLA2A-00013
Frederick Douglass as a young man, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00027

PBLA2A-00027
George Washington Williams, African-American author, with his signature. Digitally colored woodcut

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2A-00019

PBLA2A-00019
Joseph Cinque, leader of " Amistad" slave revolt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: Boy keeping warm in a slave cabin

Boy keeping warm in a slave cabin
Young black boy in his bare slave cabin, US South. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2D-00007

PBLA2D-00007
Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2D-00008

PBLA2D-00008
Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: PBLA2D-00009

PBLA2D-00009
Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: Former slaves meeting with federal officials in North Carolina, 1866

Former slaves meeting with federal officials in North Carolina, 1866
General Stedman and other officials meeting with freed slaves near Trent River, North Carolina, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00006

AGRI2A-00006
White overseer with African-American field-hands cutting sugar-cane, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00008

AGRI2A-00008
African-American slaves unloading rice barges in South Carolina 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PREV2D-00044

PREV2D-00044
Boston Massacre victoms grave, Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00010

AGRI2A-00010
African-American slaves returning from the fields at twilight on a sugar plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: Ku Klux Klan bill signed by President Grant, 1871

Ku Klux Klan bill signed by President Grant, 1871
President U.S. Grant at the Capitol, signing a bill to curb the Ku Klux Klan, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PSOC2A-00011

PSOC2A-00011
Masthead of " The Liberator, " 1831, Garrisons abolitionist newspaper. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageBlack history Collection: Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868

Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868
Southern Delilah cutting voting rights from a black Samson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageBlack history Collection: Black citizens casting their first ballots, 1867

Black citizens casting their first ballots, 1867
Former slaves casting their first vote, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: PSOC2A-00028

PSOC2A-00028
" The Liberator" : masthead of William Lloyd Garrisons abolitionist newspaper, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00035

AGRI2A-00035
African American slaves picking baling and ginning cotton by steam Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00044

AGRI2A-00044
African-American woman carrying sheaves on a rice plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2A-00023

EVCW2A-00023
Banner of the Third US Colored Troops, an African-American regiment in the Civil War. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an artifact

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2A-00035

EVCW2A-00035
African-American troops mustered out of the Union Army at Little Rock, Arkansas after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00197

EVCW2D-00197
Robert Gould Shaw in command of black troops of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of the bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00079

AGRI2A-00079
Plantation slaves loading rice to a barge on the Savannah River on the Georgia South Carolina border 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00114

AGRI2A-00114
Slaves bringing in the cotton harvest. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00198

EVCW2D-00198
Black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBlack history Collection: AGRI2A-00115

AGRI2A-00115
African-American slave with bag of picked cotton, US South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00199

EVCW2D-00199
Black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of the bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00200

EVCW2D-00200
Black soldier of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00201

EVCW2D-00201
Robert Gould Shaw in command of black troops of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00202

EVCW2D-00202
Robert Gould Shaw in command of black troops of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00203

EVCW2D-00203
Black soldier of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBlack history Collection: EVCW2D-00204

EVCW2D-00204
Black soldier of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens



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