Arkansas Collection

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

Mississippi River bayou
Alligator in a cypress brake on the lower Mississippi River. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rescue of flood victims on the Mississippi River, 1800s
Residents rescued at night from the flooded Mississippi River, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Father Jacques Marquette holding a peace pipe to greet Native Americans during his journey to the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of DeSotos route, 1540s
De Soto expeditions route across southeast North America, 1539-1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plantation slaves singing and clapping
Group of slaves singing on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration based on a Boston teachers description

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

Black family murdered by the KKK, 1870s
Ku Klux Klan members shooting a black family in their cabin, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

KKK murderers visit a black familys cabin, 1800s
Ku Klux Klansmen wrapped in sheets on a murderous raid in a black familys cabin, late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Afroamerican slaves picking cotton. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave cabin on a southern plantation
Slave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1800s
US Army outpost at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Spanish colonial cannon replica, Arkansas Post National Memorial
Replica of Spanish 8-pounder used at Fort Carlos III in the 1700s, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas. Digital photograph

Site of Arkansas Post on the Arkansas River
Arkansas River near its junction with the Mississippi River, Arkansas Post National Memorial. Arkansas. Digital photograph

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La Salle and his companions exploring the lower Mississippi River for France, 1682. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet on the upper Mississippi River in canoes 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in a canoe on the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Father Marquette and Louis Joliet, the first white men on the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave cabins on a plantation
Row of slave cabins on a southern plantation, 1800s. 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

Slaves planning their escape to freedom
Slaves on a cotton plantation talking about escaping to the north, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Picking cotton on a plantation in the Deep South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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African-American field-hands picking cotton, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1870s
Valley Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Little Rock, Arkansas, 1870s
Little Rock, capital of Arkansas, viewed from the river in the 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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" Arkansas pilgrims, " a family crossing the Great Plains in a covered wagon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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High platform mound of the Plum Bayou people, a Woodlands culture, Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park, Arkansas. Digital photograph

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High platform mound (39 feet high) of the Plum Bayou people, a Woodlands culture, Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park, Arkansas. Digital photograph

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High platform mound (39 feet high ) of the Plum Bayou people, a woodlands culture, Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park, Arkansas. Digital photograph

Site of Henri de Tontis French settlement, 1686
Replica of cross marking Henri de Tontis 1686 French trading settlement, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas. Digital photograph

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Confederates driven from Elkhorn Tavern in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8, 1862, American Civil War. 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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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

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African-American hauling baled cotton to market with a team of mules, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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