Frederick Douglass portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton wharf in Charleston SC, 1870sBlack stevedores loading bales on the cotton wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black regiment assaulting Battery Wagner during the US Civil War54th Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment assaulting Confederate stronghold of Fort Wagner, SC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00045Freed slaves wedding dance in a cabin, US South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Underground Railroad account by William StillTitle page of William Stills record of the Underground Railroad, published in 1872. Woodcut with a watercolor wash
Cartoon about literacy tests in the South, 1870s" The blakman orter be eddikated afore he kin vote with us wites" - cartoon about literacy tests, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon
Wedding of former slaves in the South, 1870sFreed African-American couple getting married in a cabin during Reconstruction. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Funeral of a former black slave, Reconstruction EraNegro funeral in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00050African-American boy reading to his family of former slaves, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Freed slaves escaping after the Emancipation ProclamationFreed Negroes coming into the Union lines at Newbern NC, after the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black stevedores in St. Louis, Missouri, 1890sAfrican-American roustabouts on the levee, St. Louis, Missouri, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph
Presidential candidate James Garfield defending former slavesPresidential candidate James Garfield as " the friend of the freedman, " 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipationImmigrant, a southerner, and a businessman combine to declare the US to be " a white mans government, " 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon
HUSG2A-00026African-American outdoor prayer meeting in the South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Skidmore Guard reunion in New York City, 1870sBall of the Skidmore Guard, a black military organization, NYC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Emancipation Proclamation explained to former slaves in LouisianaUS Army officer meeting with African-Americans in Louisiana after the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Freedmens school in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1866Primary school for freedmen, in charge of Mrs. Green, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870sAfrican-American students in the assembly-room at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868Southern Delilah cutting voting rights from a black Samson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon
Blacks in South Carolina legislature under ReconstructionReconstructed South Carolina legislature, including African-American delegates, passing an appropriations bill, 1873. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Black soldier statue, Contraband Camp historic site, Corinth MSStatue of freed slave in 1st Alabama Colored Regiment at Union Armys Contraband Camp in Corinth MS, 1863. Digital photograph
EVCW2A-00066Confederate charge against African-American Union soldiers at the Battle of the Crater. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
AGRI2A-00053African-American stevedores loading cotton on a ship in Charlestown, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black voters in Richmond, Virginia, 1871African-American citizens voting in Richmond, Virginia, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
First black voters in Washington DC, 1867African-American election official supervising the first black voters in Washington DC, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00015African-American man collecting pay for cotton delivered in Austin, Texas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00009African-American workers collecting pay after harvesting strawberries in Virginia during Reconstruction. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00023Freed African-Americans traveling through St Louis, leaving the South after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00027Visiting pastor having dinner with an African-American family, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00030African-American church congregation in Washington DC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00028African-American oyster peddler in Baltimore, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00022Freed African-Americans embarking for the North on riverboats after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00032Former slaves fleeing to Kansas from yellow fever outbreak in South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00033Former slaves on a boat to the North after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00003African-American man traveling on foot. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00046Former slave couple in spring outside their cabin in Virginia after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Emancipated slaves fleeing to Union-held soil, 1863Former slaves reaching Union lines after the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Freed slaves attending school in Charleston, South Carolina, 1866Zion School for colored children, Charleston, South Carolina, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Tuskegee Institute mechanical drawing class, 1890sTuskegee Institute class in architectural and mechanical drawing, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph
Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870sFormer slaves learning printing at Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Tuskegee Institute in the 1890sArmstrong Hall, built by students at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph
PBLA2A-00011Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and Union naval officer, African-American US Congressman from South Caroilina. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PBLA2A-00013Frederick Douglass as a young man, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait
Former slaves meeting with federal officials in North Carolina, 1866General Stedman and other officials meeting with freed slaves near Trent River, North Carolina, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black citizens casting their first ballots, 1867Former slaves casting their first vote, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVCW2A-00035African-American troops mustered out of the Union Army at Little Rock, Arkansas after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
EVCW2D-00197Robert Gould Shaw in command of black troops of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of the bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
EVCW2D-00198Black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens