Antebellum Collection

Slave auction in New Orleans
Slaves for sale at an auction in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boats on the lower Mississippi River, 1850s
Steamboats and a raft passing a sugar plantation on the Mississippi River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave crossing the Ohio River to escape the South
African-American escaping slavery by crossing the Ohio River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slaves husking corn on a plantation
Slaves social gathering at a plantation corn-husking, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Slave auction in Virginia
Slave family on the auction block in Virginia, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave auction before the US Civil War
Slave mother and daughter on the auction block in the US South. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Map of slave and free areas of the United States in 1854, at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Printed color lithograph 19th century

Richmond, Virginia, 1850s
Main Street in Richmond before the Civil War, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Southern lady and her African-American slave in an outdoor market, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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A plantation home in Mississippi before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Arlington House, residence of Robert E. Lee before the Civil War, Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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A plantation house in Georgia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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