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Black slave on a sugar plantationSlave woman hoeing sugar plants on a plantation in Louisiana, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Riverboats at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870sStevedores loading barrels at the Red River levee at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PBLA2D-00010Quill pen in the hand of the Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph
Slave auction in New OrleansSlaves for sale at an auction in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton loaded on steamboats by black slaves, New OrleansSlaves loading cotton bales on riverboats at the New Orleans levee, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave couple marrying by jumping over a broomBroomstick wedding ceremony of African-American slaves, from an eyewitness before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was bornSlave cabin birthplace of Booker T. Washington, Burroughs tobacco plantation, Virginia. Photograph
Frederick Douglass portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Celebrating the end of slavery in Washington DC, 1866Celebration of the abolition of slavery in Washington DC, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PBLA2R-00002Benjamin Banneker. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier portrait, digitally retouched
Cotton wharf in Charleston SC, 1870sBlack stevedores loading bales on the cotton wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black regiment assaulting Battery Wagner during the US Civil War54th Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment assaulting Confederate stronghold of Fort Wagner, SC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVCW2A-00145Black regiment of the Union army entering Richmond, Virginia, after its own citizens burned ithe city, April 3, 1865, near the end of the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
PBLA2A-00003Harriet Tubman, the " Moses of her people." Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph
Underground Railroad account by William StillTitle page of William Stills record of the Underground Railroad, published in 1872. Woodcut with a watercolor wash
Slave catchers capturing a fugitive slaveEscaped slave captured under the Fugitive Slave Law. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Africans brought to Jamestown as slaves, 1600sIntroduction of African slaves into Virginia Colony at Jamestown, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Market in the French Quarter of New Orleans, 1870sNative American and black merchants in a French Quarter market, New Orleans, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Dining car on the transcontinental railroadPalace Hotel dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton bales on a river boat, 1800sSteam-driven boat loaded with bales of cotton, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton bale loaded on a boat in New Orleans, 1800sYoung African-American stevedore loading cotton onto a steamboat at New Orleans, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Senator Blanche K. BruceBlanche K. Bruce, first African-American to serve a full term as US Senator. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave crossing the Ohio River to escape the SouthAfrican-American escaping slavery by crossing the Ohio River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Plantation slaves singing and clappingGroup of slaves singing on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration based on a Boston teachers description
Slave family in colonial New YorkSlave family making music in their cellar room of the Knickerbocker mansion, New York, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves husking corn on a plantationSlaves social gathering at a plantation corn-husking, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
Runaways captured in Boston under the Fugitive Slave ActRunaway 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
Black slave or servant in colonial New YorkBlack servant or slave welcoming a guest to the old Knickerbocker homestead, New York. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00011Afroamerican slaves picking cotton. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave auction in VirginiaSlave family on the auction block in Virginia, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves escaping to freedom in the northBlack slaves hiding in southern swamps on their escape to the North. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves planting rice in North Carolina, 1800sPlanting rice on a North Carolina plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Slave cabin on a southern plantationSlave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00054African American slaves harvesting cane on a sugar plantation Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00055Black slaves harvesting sugar cane on a plantation in the US South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave auction before the US Civil WarSlave mother and daughter on the auction block in the US South. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves in Washington DC, early 1800sSlave-coffle in Washington DC passing the old Capitol, which burned in the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00079George Washington and the Custis children with Afroamerican field hands at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00133Death of George Washington at his Mount Vernon home, 1799. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00221George Washington as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Cotton-press, 1800sAfrican-American workers baling cotton in a cotton-press, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
New York draft rioters murdering a black man, 1863Hanging a black man on Clarkson Street during the New York draft riots, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Richmond, Virginia, burned by the Confederates, 1865Citizens huddled in Capitol Square during the burning of Richmond by its own people, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black slave in colonial New YorkAfrican-American household slave in colonial New York. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabins on a plantationRow of slave cabins on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PBLA2A-00001Capture of Nat Turner, leader of slave revolt in 1831. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Interior of slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was born, Burroughs tobacco plantation, Virginia. Photograph
Woman urging a slave to escapePlantation school teacher urging a slave to escape to freedom, 1850s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration