Captive Gallery

Hannah Duston escapes from capture by Native Americans

Hannah Duston and two other captives escaping from Abenaki Indians on the Merrimac River, New Hampshire, 1697.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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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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Pocahontas appeals to Powhatan to spare John Smith's life, Virginia Colony, 1600s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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