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[Title page and frontispiece showing slave on top of mountain, with hi...

Illus. in: Walker's appeal, with a brief sketch of his life / by David Walker. New York : Printed by J.H. Tobitt, 1848, title page and frontispiece.

[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.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

The opposition of Northern abolitionists, churchmen, and political figures to enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is criticized in this rare pro-Southern cartoon. In two panels artist Edward Williams ... More

[African American woman holding a white child]

Rinhart, no. 119. Modern handwritten note in case: Slave nanny/white child image came from an estate sale somewhere in the flat lands delta area of Arkansas. Likely from one of the following Arkansas towns: Hel... More

[Proof for bank note vignette showing Afro-American men tapping sap fr...

Chickering Collection.

Honorable Jefferson Franklin Long of GA.

African American legislator. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Working the monoliths, Washington, D.C.

Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including "S. Wing" and "Centre Building." The workmen include African Americans. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs", p. 41. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v.... More

A slave father sold away from his family

African-American slave leaving his family. Illus. in: The Child's Anti-Slavery Book..., New York, [1860], frontispiece. Ref. copy may be in SSF - NEGRO SLAVERY AUCTIONS AND TRADE 1860. This record contains unve... More

The "Lincoln column," first monolith raised, Nov. 1860, Presidential e...

Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including African American workmen with a column named in the photograph to recognize Abraham Lincoln's election as president on Nov. 6, 1860. In album: Benjamin Brown... More

Secrets of the prison-house--a cell in the female department of the Wa...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Volunteering down Dixie, Confederate States of America.

A satire on Southern recruitment efforts during the early part of the Civil War. In a scene before a Confederate encampment, a reluctant civilian (center) is presented with a musket and military coat by two vet... More

Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsylvania] Court House during American Civil Wa...

Photograph shows three African American men at the water pump in front of the Spotsylvania County Court House. No. 5041. Mounted with one other photograph. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. ... More

[Full standing black soldier, rifle with fixed bayonet]

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of African American soldier standing in front of a studio backdrop. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.331) Title from Gladstone collection checklist.... More

Aiken's House, James River, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Negativ...

African American men, women, and children seated on a pile of lumber. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2997.

Live oak and palmetto tree, Elliot's Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows two trees and a few men near a cabin or slave quarters, Elliot Plantation. Title is inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. G... More

Slaves of the rebel Genl. Thomas F. Drayton, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph showing a group portrait of African American men and women on a plantation. Date from Gladstone collection checklist. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.265) No. "42" inscribed o... More

Seabrook's fish pond - Two people in a small boat on a lake

Photograph shows two Union soldiers and one African American man in a row boat on a pond with bridges and the Seabrook house in the distant background. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladston... More

Stacy's Photographic Ambrotype Rooms during American Civil War

Photograph shows Union soldiers, an African American civilian and white civilian, in front of shack with sign "Stacy's Photographic Ambrotype Rooms" likely located in the Southern United States. Coyright by "G... More

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rebel Negro pickets as seen through a field-glass

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 10.

Pickets of the First Louisiana "Native Guard" guarding the New Orleans...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 369.

Breaking camp, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner, posi...

Photograph showing an African American man standing beside a chimney in the deserted quarters of General Sharp at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander ... More

Taylor, young drummer boy for 78th Colored Troops Infantry, in uniform...

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

[Field and staff of 39th U.S. Colored infantry, in front of Petersburg...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 7059. Public domain photograph - group portrait, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John H. Rock, colored counselor / photographed by Richards, Philadelph...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 Feb. 25, p. 124. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nicodemus Johnson as sung by Charley Pettingill

African American songs, illustrated music covers. LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by O. Ditson & Co. Engraving by H.F. Gre... More

Portrait photo of "Carolina twins," Millie and Christina

Photograph shows portrait of conjoined twins and circus performers Millie and Christine McCoy. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by Mrs. Joseph P. Smith, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S.... More

[Portrait of an African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert Smalls, S.C. M.C. Born in Beaufort, SC, April 1839

African American legislator. Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Robb Smalley [crossed out] Smalls, M.C. SC; inked on emulsion: 4202. Credit ... More

New York City - first annual ball of the Skidmore Guard, a colored mil...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1872 Feb. 24, p. 380. Title transcribed from item.

Virginia - a scene in the streets of Richmond - the Darwinian theory i...

Organ grinder's monkey grabbing head of an African American boy. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 34, 1872 April 27, p. 97.

Townsend, Dr. J.M. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift... More

Norris, J.W. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Pethiford, L. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Unidentified man. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp note: Batch 52.

Lewis, W.A. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Unidentified woman. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp note: Batch 51.

Unidentified man. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp note: Batch 52.

Gilbson, S.F. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Cargile, C.C. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Dundy, L. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

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

"Halt!" "This is not the way 'to repress corruption and to initiate th...

Illustration related to the story "Louisiana and the rule of terror. A female figure of Justice swinging sword of Law into ranks of White Men's League, who are standing on body of African American man. Illus. i... More

"De jubilee am come"--Fourth of July, 1876 / W.H. Redding, sc. ; drawn...

Caricature showing black men dressed as soldiers parading while black women and children look on. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 July 15, p. 580.

Death at the polls, and free from "federal interference" / Th. Nast.

Skeleton "solid Southern shot gun" holding shotgun at polls, to prevent African Americans from voting. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 23, no. 1190 (1879 Oct. 18), p. 821.

Negro cabin near U.S. Capitol - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a cabin with many room extensions on a slight hill. An African American woman stands on a porch outside the front door. There is a study of a cabin lower left and a sketch of a man below the image... More

Colored Chieftains - Print, Library of Congress collection

3926 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. Rewell (George M.) & C... More

Florida - The "Cartridge Box" - St. Augustine

Photograph shows African Americans standing in front of a building, Saint Augustine, Fla.

A free lunch / George Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, New York.

Photograph shows African American woman breast-feeding a baby. Public domain photograph of mother and child portrait, young woman, infant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three African Americans outside a cabin, possibly Mt. Meigs, Alabama]

Source unknown. Public domain scan of 19th-century artistic photograph, platinum print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the Chain Gang - Drawing. Public domain image.

African American sitting with legs chained, Thomasville, Georgia. In album. Formerly identified as vol. 4. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data.

Montrose, winner of the Kentucky Derby 1887. Rider - Isaac Lewis Kinne...

Cigarette card for Kinney Tobacco Company shows jockey Isaac E. Lewis riding racehorse Montrose. Issued by: Kinney Tobacco Company.

[Ida B. Wells, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

Illus. in: The Afro-American press and its editors, by I. Garland Penn., 1891. Published in: The African-American mosaic, a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history and culture / Debra... More

Portrait photograph of Prout, Anna, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Vicksburg, at the levee, Miss. U.S.A.

Stereograph showing African American workers on levee either loading or unloading railroad cars; two steamboats in background. On mount: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1891 by B.W. Kilburn, in... More

Taking out the kinks / F.M. Howarth.

Illustration shows a series of eight vignettes with an African American woman sitting on a chair, reading a hair-raising "ghost story"; as she gets deeper into the story she becomes frightened and her hair begi... More

Pure lager beer - Print, Library of Congress collection

55206 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. Henderson-Achert-Kreb... More

The land of cotton - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

African American men standing in front of bales of cotton near brick buildings. 18923-B-1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 601.

A Virginian oyster shucker - 19th century Virginia.

Black man standing in front of pile of oyster shells. 23277B U.S. Copyright Office. No. 695.

The ancestral snobbery-microbe / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Print shows a vignette cartoon, with "America's Real Order of the Descendants of Kings" at center showing an African American laborer, a woman domestic, and an Irish hod carrier. The surrounding vignettes depic... More

William Gillette's Held by the enemy

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 116. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African Americans at sheltered outdoor market or fair]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 258. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American children with a few adults in a pavilion]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 282. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 92. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Young men training in use of machinery at Hampton Institute, Hampton,...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly ...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 127. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American man, half-length portrait, left profile]

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

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home of Prof. Scarborough, Wilberforce, Ohio

Photograph shows exterior view of large house with many leafless trees around it; a man, possibly Prof. William S. Scarborough, and a woman stand in front. Photograph from the American Negro exhibit at the Exp... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 34. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

Students at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

Large group in front of building. Group appears to include both African American and white students. Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Reportedly displayed a... More

Palmer's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. - Public domain image related to music ...

Includes small portraits of George W. Goodhart and Tom Dailey. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American man standing on platform or loading dock with large ...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 235. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 115. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Young men training in wheel wrighting at Hampton Institute, Hampton, ...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Claflin Univ., Orangeburg, S.C. ca. 1900

Football team - all African American school. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. No. 15.

[Elderly African American couple posed outside of building, near Hampt...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American girl, half-length portrait, looking at open book]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 77. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Unidentified cemetery in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 223. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C. - pharmacy building

Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly ...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 31. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American man, half-length portrait, facing front]

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saluting the flag at the Whittier Primary School

Hampton, Va. African-American children saluting flag which boy is holding on school grounds. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. LOT subdivision subj... More

[Young African American man, half-length portrait, right profile]

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

[Reverend Henry Hugh Proctor, pastor of the First Congregational Churc...

Attribution to Askew and title identification information from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 61. B&w copy prin... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 181. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Exterior view of houses on unpaved street in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 301. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Three African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 214. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Railroad construction through residential area in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 317. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American infant, seated in chair, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 217. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, H...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Agricultural Science.

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. Caption: Edw. Fox - grotesque dancer & comedian. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2817. Forms part of: Minstrel pos... More

Women and children in cotton field

Photograph shows African American women and children cotton pickers at work.

Cutting and fitting. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Young women cutting and fitting clothing in class at Agricultural and Mechanical College, Greensboro, N.C. Displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Line graph shows percentage of African American men and women who are single, married, or widowed by age. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for th... More

[Snicker's Gap. Watching the stage go by]

Photograph shows African American children standing on a fence watching as Johnston's stage coach passes by on her ride to photograph the route where General Philip Sheridan rode on October 19, 1864. Title from... More

[Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - sewing class]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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