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Frederick Douglass C.F. Conly Photographer, 465 Washington St., Boston

Frederick Douglass C.F. Conly Photographer, 465 Washington St., Boston

Photograph shows reproduction of portrait by George Kendall Warren taken in 1876. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War... More

Abby Kelley Foster / by Hoffy ; from a daguerreotype by R. Douglass Junr.

Abby Kelley Foster / by Hoffy ; from a daguerreotype by R. Douglass Ju...

Print shows Abby Kelley Foster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Includes a facsimile signature. 186 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846, by R. Douglass Junr.,... More

Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's Portraits, 465 Washington St., Boston

Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's ...

Notation on verso: "Louisa Alcott." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics, New Paltz, New York, June 2016. Forms part of: Li... More

Portrait of Harriet Tubman - Public domain portrait print

Portrait of Harriet Tubman - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913) looking directly at the camera with folded hands resting on back of an upholstered chair. Print appears to be a copy of a photo taken by H... More

Salmon P. Chase Papers: Financial Papers, 1774-1873; 1862-1863
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Special Indexes; Maryland, Baltimore (Police Commissioners)-Sparrow, William
Heroes of the colored race - Public domain portrait print

Heroes of the colored race - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Blanche Kelso Bruce, Frederick Douglass, and Hiram Rhoades Revels surrounded by scenes of African American life and portraits of Jno. R. Lynch, Abraham Lincoln, James... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; June 15-30
Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

[Author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe] / Howell, 867 & 869 B'way.

[Author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe] / Howell, 867 & 869 B'...

Notation on verso: "Mrs. H.B. Stowe." Label on verso: "From E.B. Fay, dealer in photographs, 100 Nassau St." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Heritage Aucti... More

Portrait of Harriet Tubman Powelson, photographer, 77 Genesee St., Auburn, New York

Portrait of Harriet Tubman Powelson, photographer, 77 Genesee St., Aub...

Photograph shows Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) at midlife. She is seated, turned toward the left. One hand rests on the back of a wooden chair, another rests in her lap. Date based on Library of Congress photo co... More

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More

[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Date and photographer information from: Picturing Frederick Douglass / John Stauffer. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, p. 185.

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people of Washington, headed by Frederick Douglass, viewing the remains / Sketched by Joseph Becker.

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...

Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More

Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson, James Caldwell of Co. H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on her lap

Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson, James Caldwell...

Photograph shows portrait of abolitionist Sojourner Truth wearing polka dotted dress and holding cased photograph of her grandson, who was a prisoner-of-war at James Island, South Carolina between 1863 and 1865... More

Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1848; May-Aug
[Colonel T. W. Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Volunteers (the first African American regiment)] / W. Notman.

[Colonel T. W. Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Volunteers (the firs...

Photograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Higginson in civilian clothing. He was also an Abolitionist in Worcester, Mass., working as an Underground Railroad operator. Title derived from Gladstone colle... More

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More

Behind the scenes during American Civil War

Behind the scenes during American Civil War

Another venomous attack on the Lincoln administration by the artist of "The Commander-in-Chief Conciliating the Soldier's Votes, no. 1864-31," and "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," (no. 1864-3... More

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of Frederick Douglass]

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of Frederick Douglass]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's Portraits, 465 Washington St., Boston

Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's ...

Notation on verso: "Louisa Alcott." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics, New Paltz, New York, June 2016. Forms part of: Li... More

Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; Sept. 1-16
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /

"Preface" by W.L. Garrison: p. [iii]-xii. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

From the plantation to the Senate

From the plantation to the Senate

Composite of three plantation scenes and portraits of Benjamin S. Turner, Rev. Richard Allen, H.R. Revels, Frederick Douglass, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and William Wells Brown. O10967 U.... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

The case of William L. Chaplin : being an appeal to all respecters of law and justice, against the cruel and oppressive treatment to which, under color of legal proceedings, he has been subjected, in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland.

The case of William L. Chaplin : being an appeal to all respecters of ...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people of Washington, headed by Frederick Douglass, viewing the remains Sketched by Joseph Becker

The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...

Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More

Heroes of the colored race - Public domain portrait print

Heroes of the colored race - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Blanche Kelso Bruce, Frederick Douglass, and Hiram Rhoades Revels surrounded by scenes of African American life and portraits of Jno. R. Lynch, Abraham Lincoln, James... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

Washington, D.C.--the new administration--colored citizens paying their respects to Marshall Frederick Douglass, in his office at the city hall / sketched by our special artist.

Washington, D.C.--the new administration--colored citizens paying thei...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1877 April 7, p. 85. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE.

From the plantation to the Senate

From the plantation to the Senate

Composite of three plantation scenes and portraits of Benjamin S. Turner, Rev. Richard Allen, H.R. Revels, Frederick Douglass, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and William Wells Brown. O10967 U.... More

What I know about raising the devil

What I know about raising the devil

Horace Greeley's famous and widely ridiculed 1871 pamphlet "What I Know of Farming" provided the pretext for the title here. With the tail and cloven hoof of a devil Greeley (center) leads a small band of Liber... More

Who is Colonel Jennison? : Jennison--his raids in Missouri--his murders, robberies, and house burnings

Who is Colonel Jennison? : Jennison--his raids in Missouri--his murder...

Signed at end: G.C. Bingham, Jefferson City, May 6, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 8707. Source: Source unknown.

Frederick Douglass / engd. by A.H. Ritchie.

Frederick Douglass / engd. by A.H. Ritchie.

Print shows Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes facsimile signature. Published in: Men of our times / Harriet Beecher Stowe. Hartfort, Conn. : Hartford Publishing C... More

Heroes of the colored race - Public domain portrait print

Heroes of the colored race - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Blanche Kelso Bruce, Frederick Douglass, and Hiram Rhoades Revels surrounded by scenes of African American life and portraits of Jno. R. Lynch, Abraham Lincoln, James... More

The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, who escaped from Richmond Virginia in a bx 3 feet long 2 1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft wide

The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, who escaped from ...

A somewhat comic yet sympathetic portrayal of the culminating episode in the flight of slave Henry Brown "who escaped from Richmond Va. in a Box 3 feet long, 2-1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide." In the office of the... More

The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, who escaped from Richmond Virginia in a bx 3 feet long 2 1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft wide

The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, who escaped from ...

A somewhat comic yet sympathetic portrayal of the culminating episode in the flight of slave Henry Brown "who escaped from Richmond Va. in a Box 3 feet long, 2-1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide." In the office of the... More

Henry Ward Beecher, portrait print

Henry Ward Beecher, portrait print

14753 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Conant, M., artist. K... More

Portrait of Wendell Phillips Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway, N.Y

Portrait of Wendell Phillips Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway,...

Photograph shows a half-length portrait of abolitionist Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), facing left. "Wendell Phillips" inscription on album page below photograph. Photograph is housed in an album. Album page ha... More

From the plantation to the Senate

From the plantation to the Senate

Composite of three plantation scenes and portraits of Benjamin S. Turner, Rev. Richard Allen, H.R. Revels, Frederick Douglass, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and William Wells Brown. O10967 U.... More

The case of William L. Chaplin : being an appeal to all respecters of law and justice, against the cruel and oppressive treatment to which, under color of legal proceedings, he has been subjected, in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland.

The case of William L. Chaplin : being an appeal to all respecters of ...

Chaplin was arrested in Aug. 1850 for having "abducted, stolen, taken, and carried out from the city of Washington" two fugitive slaves. Additional charges were brought against him for assaulting his arrestors.... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

Journalist and abolitionist Horace Greeley wearing hat

Journalist and abolitionist Horace Greeley wearing hat

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, January 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (L... More

John G. Whittier - Print, Library of Congress collection

John G. Whittier - Print, Library of Congress collection

60907 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Adolph, William, arti... More

Frederick Douglass / engd. by A.H. Ritchie.

Frederick Douglass / engd. by A.H. Ritchie.

Print shows Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes facsimile signature. Published in: Men of our times / Harriet Beecher Stowe. Hartfort, Conn. : Hartford Publishing C... More

The  Happy contraband - American Civil War sheet music

The Happy contraband - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

The disappointed abolitionists. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The disappointed abolitionists. Book illustration from Library of Cong...

Three men at left, one saying, "Verily friend Darg since we have returned thee thy money, I claim the reward of $1000 - Brother Barney Corse was merely my agent, verily!" Another "Yea verily I was but thy instr... More

Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Captain Alberts' party attacking the insurgents - view of the railroad bridge, the engine-house, and the village / from a sketch by our special artist.

Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Captain Alberts' par...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 358.

Expulsion of Negroes and abolitionists from Tremont Temple, Boston, Massachusetts, on December 3, 1860

Expulsion of Negroes and abolitionists from Tremont Temple, Boston, Ma...

Illus. in Harper's weekly, Dec. 15, 1860, p. 788. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Harriet Tubman Powelson, photographer, 77 Genesee St., Auburn, New York

Portrait of Harriet Tubman Powelson, photographer, 77 Genesee St., Aub...

Photograph shows Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) at midlife. She is seated, turned toward the left. One hand rests on the back of a wooden chair, another rests in her lap. Date based on Library of Congress photo co... More

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /

"Preface" by W.L. Garrison: p. [iii]-xii. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

Salmon P. Chase Papers: Legal File, 1755-1872; Abstracts of titles, bonds, deeds, leases, and mortgages; 1844-1851
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Family Correspondence, 1821-1872; Hoyt, Janet Ralston Chase
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1839
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Miscellany, 1840-1896; General; Commonplace book
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Family Correspondence, 1821-1872; Whiteman, Mrs. C. L
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1848; May-Aug
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1851
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1849-1868; Speeches; 1851, May 30 , Toledo, Ohio
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1855; July-Dec
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1861; Nov
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1861; Mar. 16-31
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1861; July 1-14
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1862; May 20-31
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1862; Oct. 1-14
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; Mar. 20-31
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1864; Dec. 1-11
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1864; June
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Financial Papers, 1774-1873; Insurance policies, 1865 , 1867
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1871; Jan.-June
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1872; Jan.-Aug
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Financial Papers, 1774-1873; 1873, undated
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Miscellany, 1840-1896; Chase, Salmon P.; Papers relating to the construction and furnishings of Chase's residence
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1810-1829
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Financial Papers, 1774-1873; Church papers and receipts, 1827-1839 , 1853-1873
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Miscellany, 1840-1896; General; Miscellaneous writings; "Condition of the Agriculturist"
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; July 16-31
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Financial Papers, 1774-1873; 1860-1861
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Legal File, 1755-1872; Supreme Court
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Miscellany, 1840-1896; General; Votes by counties, German voters, 1848-1851
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Family Correspondence, 1821-1872; Walbridge, W. Hunt
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Family Correspondence, 1821-1872; Chase, Alexander Ralston
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Family Correspondence, 1821-1872; Smith, Caroline
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1849; July
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Additions, 1850-1858; 2003 Addition; Correspondence, 1850
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Legal File, 1755-1872; Clients and cases; 1852-1860
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1859; July-Sept
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1860; Jan.-Mar
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1861; Aug
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1861; Oct. 1-17
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1861; Mar. 16-31
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1862; Nov. 16-30
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; Nov. 14-30
Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; Jan. 16-31
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Family Correspondence, 1821-1872; Whipple, Edward L
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Miscellany, 1840-1896; Chase, Salmon P.; Notes on antislavery. family notes, and memoranda
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