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Abolitionist Collection

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00040

PSOC2A-00040
Senator Preston Brooks assaulting Senator Charles Sumner during an antislavery debate, 1856. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PBLA2A-00003

PBLA2A-00003
Harriet Tubman, the " Moses of her people." Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: Underground Railroad account by William Still

Underground Railroad account by William Still
Title page of William Stills record of the Underground Railroad, published in 1872. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: Mob burning abolitionist Elijah Lovejoys print-shop, Illinois, 1835

Mob burning abolitionist Elijah Lovejoys print-shop, Illinois, 1835
Pro-slavery mob burning the print-shop of abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy, Alton, Illinois, 1835. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: Wendell Phillips urging abolition of slavery

Wendell Phillips urging abolition of slavery
Wendell Phillips speaking against slavery on Boston Common, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853, with her signature. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a drawing by George Richardson

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: Runaways captured in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act

Runaways captured in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act
Runaway slaves Burns and Sims captured in Boston and returned to South Carolina under the Fugitive Slave Act, 1850s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PBLA2A-00001

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

Background imageAbolitionist 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 imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00028

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

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00031

PSOC2A-00031
Susan B. Anthony. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: John Brown

John Brown
Abolitionist John Brown, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: Antislavery documents burned in South Carolina, 1830s

Antislavery documents burned in South Carolina, 1830s
Pro-slavery bonfire of abolitionist literature in Charleston, South Carolina, 1830s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00035

PSOC2A-00035
William Lloyd Garrison, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PLIT2A-00104

PLIT2A-00104
Part of the original manuscript of " Uncle Toms Cabin" by Harriet Beacher Stowe. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PLIT2A-00004

PLIT2A-00004
Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a drawing by George Richardson

Background imageAbolitionist 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 imageAbolitionist Collection: PBLA2A-00013

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

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00011

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

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PUSA2D-00006

PUSA2D-00006
Lucy Stone statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PUSA2D-00007

PUSA2D-00007
Lucy Stone statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PUSA2D-00008

PUSA2D-00008
Lucy Stone statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00019

PSOC2A-00019
Sarah Moore Grimke, with her signature. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00020

PSOC2A-00020
Angelina Grimke, with autograph. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSCO2A-00023

PSCO2A-00023
John Brown stops to greet a black child on his way to execution, 1859. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00024

PSOC2A-00024
John Brown between his dying sons in the battle at Harpers Ferry, 1859. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00025

PSOC2A-00025
Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin, with his signature. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2P-00002

PSOC2P-00002
John Brown, with autograph reading " Farewell God bless you/Your Friend/John Brown." Engraved reproduction of a photograph

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: John Brown photograph

John Brown photograph
Photograph of John Brown, signed. Photograph

Background imageAbolitionist Collection: PSOC2A-00012

PSOC2A-00012
Abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy denouncing slave owners before the US Congress, 1830s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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