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Map of DeSotos route, 1540sDe Soto expeditions route across southeast North America, 1539-1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton bales on a river boat, 1800sSteam-driven boat loaded with bales of cotton, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave auction before the US Civil WarSlave mother and daughter on the auction block in the US South. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Natchez War on French settlers, Mississippi, 1729Native American raid on French colonial settlement at Natchez, Mississippi, November, 1729. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mississippi frontier in the early 1800sSettlers log cabin on the Pascagoula River, Mississippi. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Fire ceremony among southeastern Native AmericansCeremony of Native Americans in the southeast involving a fire ritual, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Mississippi River bayouAlligator 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, 1800sResidents rescued at night from the flooded Mississippi River, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Boats on the lower Mississippi River, 1850sSteamboats and a raft passing a sugar plantation on the Mississippi River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto discovering the Mississippi River, 1540. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Senator Blanche K. BruceBlanche K. Bruce, first African-American to serve a full term as US Senator. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabins on a plantationRow of slave cabins on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Plantation slaves singing and clappingGroup 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 plantationSlaves social gathering at a plantation corn-husking, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves planning their escape to freedomSlaves on a cotton plantation talking about escaping to the north, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black family murdered by the KKK, 1870sKu 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, 1800sKu 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
Afroamerican slaves picking cotton. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Picking cotton on a plantation in the Deep South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabin on a southern plantationSlave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Bear Creek Mound, a ceremonial platform mound built between 1200-1400 AD along the ancient Natchez Trace in northeastern Mississippi. Digital photograph
Native American palisaded village, such as the one at Malvilla, Alabama, visited by De Soto in 1540. Hand-colored woodcut
Choctaw or Creek ball-player with Native American lacrosse sticks. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
US Supreme Court hearing a Mississippi injunction case, 1867US Supreme Court under Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase hearing the Mississippi injunction case, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
La Salle and his companions exploring the lower Mississippi River for France, 1682. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Map showing the route of La Salles explorations in North America, late 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
French missionary Louis Hennepins map of the Mississippi River valley, Gulf Coast, and Great Lakes after LaSalle expeditions 1697
Burial of Hernando DeSoto in the Mississippi River to keep his death secret from hostile Native Americans, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Union gunboats and steamships passing the Confederate stronghold Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River, night of April 16, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Mississippi regiment throwing the bowie knife, Civil WarConfederate soldiers practicing with the bowie knife in camp. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Southern lady and her African-American slave in an outdoor market, 1800s. 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
Woman urging a slave to escapePlantation school teacher urging a slave to escape to freedom, 1850s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
White overseer with African-American field-hands cutting sugar-cane, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
African-American slave with bag of picked cotton, US South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut 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
African-American field-hands picking cotton, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
A plantation home in Mississippi before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Map of Louisiana, 1744, showing the mouths of the Mississippi River while part of New France. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of the map
One of the Bynum Mounds, built between 100 BC and 200 AD along the ancient Natchez Trace pathway, Mississippi. Digital photograph
Creek Indian village. Hand-colored woodcut
DeSotos route in LouisianaWestern part of De Sotos route, from Desisles map published in 1707. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an 18th-century illustration
De Sotos expedition met by Chief Aquixos Native Americans in canoes on the Mississippi River, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
De Soto discovering the Mississippi River after an overland journey, 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Secret burial of Hernando de Soto at night in the Mississippi River, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Plantation dinner guests fanned by a slave in the Deep South Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hiram R. Revels, first black elected to the US Senate, 1870. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph
Boy keeping warm in a slave cabinYoung black boy in his bare slave cabin, US South. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
African-American slaves returning from the fields at twilight on a sugar plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
African American slaves picking baling and ginning cotton by steam Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves bringing in the cotton harvest. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
African-American serving dinner in a southern plantation Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
African-American hauling baled cotton to market with a team of mules, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d Iberville, portrait with autograph. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving