Anti Slavery Collection

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

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

Passage of the 13th Amendment ending slavery, 1865
Celebration of the enactment of the 13th Amendment in the House of Representatives, ending slavery, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Compromise of 1850 debate in the US Senate
Henry Clay arguing in the US Senate for the Compromise of 1850 to avert civil war. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century painting

Celebrating the end of slavery in Washington DC, 1866
Celebration of the abolition of slavery in Washington DC, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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

US after the Missouri Compromise, 1820
Slave and free territories in the United States after the Missouri Compromise Act, 1820. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Angry US Congressmen debate secession, 1860
Impassioned debate in the House of Representatives, December 1860 to January 1861. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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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

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

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

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Lucy Stone statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

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Lucy Stone statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

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Lucy Stone statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Brown photograph
Photograph of John Brown, signed. Photograph

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

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