Former Slave Gallery
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Black regiment assaulting Battery Wagner during the US Civil War
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Black 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
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Black soldier statue, Contraband Camp historic site, Corinth MS
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Presidential candidate James Garfield defending former slaves
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Blacks in South Carolina legislature under Reconstruction
Reconstructed South Carolina legislature, including African-American delegates, passing an appropriations bill, 1873.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
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African-American workers collecting pay after harvesting strawberries in Virginia during Reconstruction.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
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Emancipation Proclamation explained to former slaves in Louisiana
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Freed slaves attending school in Charleston, South Carolina, 1866
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Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870s
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