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Whitaker family / photographed by J.A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C.

Whitaker family / photographed by J.A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C.

Photo shows a large African American family of mostly women and children, gathered around the porch of a log and clapboard cabin, with wood shingle roof and stone chimney, and a large cauldron in the foreground... More

A view in America in 1778 / MD sc., British Cartoon Print

A view in America in 1778 / MD sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows an African man lying on the ground, wounded by cannon shot, over him are standing several men, on the left is a congressman clearly suffering from a visual disorder (strabismus or walleye and also, ... More

Freedman's Bank Beaufort So. Ca - stereocsopic card

Freedman's Bank Beaufort So. Ca - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows an African American boy seated on the steps of a two story building, the South Carolina Freedmen's Savings Bank in Beaufort, South Carolina. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:028). ... More

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans photographed by M.H. Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans photographed by M.H. Kimball, 4...

Photograph shows freed slave Rebecca Huger. Printed on verso: "The nett [sic] proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the... More

Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420226. District no. 27. Picture no. 577. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont

Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sam Jones Washington, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

Sam Jones Washington, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420040. District no. 27. Picture no. 349. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Mary Ann Patterson, ex-slave, Austin

Mary Ann Patterson, ex-slave, Austin

420004. District no. 27. Picture no. 371. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Reverend Bill Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

Reverend Bill Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

420078. District no. 27. Picture no. 257. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Portrait photo of Andrew Goodman, ex-slave, Dallas

Portrait photo of Andrew Goodman, ex-slave, Dallas

420245. District no. 27. Picture no. 573. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Andrew Goodman, ex-slave, Dallas

Portrait photo of Andrew Goodman, ex-slave, Dallas

420245. District no. 27. Picture no. 573. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

The operations of the registration laws and Negro [suffr]age in the South / from sketches by James E. Taylor.

The operations of the registration laws and Negro [suffr]age in the So...

Eight scenes: 1. Jury of Whites and Blacks. 2. Freedman discharged for voting the Radical ticket. 3. Scene in Registration office, Macon, Ga. 4. Potential arguments to the Freedman for his vote. 5. Freedmen ...... More

Negro family and home, St. Helena Island

Negro family and home, St. Helena Island

Photograph shows Uncle July and his family in front of their home on the Fripp (possibly Thomas Fripp) plantation on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Source: Penn School Papers, 1862-2004, University of South... More

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing front. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Uni... More

Albert Todd, ex-slave, San Antonio

Albert Todd, ex-slave, San Antonio

420119. District no. 27. Picture no. 260. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Portrait photo of Mariah Snyder, ex-slave, Marshall

Portrait photo of Mariah Snyder, ex-slave, Marshall

420228. District no. 27. Picture no. 513. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y.

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger, sitting, facing left, looking at the U.S. flag. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of th... More

Charlotte Beverly, ex-slave - Public domain scan / print

Charlotte Beverly, ex-slave - Public domain scan / print

420125. District no. 27. Picture no. 49. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Uncle Van Moore, ex-slave - Public domain scan / print

Uncle Van Moore, ex-slave - Public domain scan / print

420013. District no. 27. Picture no. 380. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger, sitting facing right, with the U.S. flag to her far right. Oh! How I Love the Old Flag caption below image. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the b... More

Sarah Ashley, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print

Sarah Ashley, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print

District no. 27. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900-(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave nar... More

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print

420039. District no. 27. Picture no. 432. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Martha Bunton, ex-slave, Austin

Portrait photo of Martha Bunton, ex-slave, Austin

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of William Moore, ex-slave, Dallas

Portrait photo of William Moore, ex-slave, Dallas

420246. District no. 27. Picture no. 619. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

John Ogee, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain portrait print

John Ogee, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain portrait print

420109. District no. 27. Picture no. 209. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Charles Hurt, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

Charles Hurt, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American man, full-length portrait, facing right] / photographic artist. B. Moses, Cor. Camp and Canal Sts., New Orleans.

[African American man, full-length portrait, facing right] / photograp...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV100; contraband. Two one-cent tax stamps on back of the mount. "EE1083" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.172)

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

420039. District no. 27. Picture no. 427. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Rebecca. A slave girl from New Orleans

Rebecca. A slave girl from New Orleans

Photograph shows a vignette portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. Photograph probably by Chas. Paxson, of New York. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's... More

Henderson Perkins, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

Henderson Perkins, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420094. District no. 27. Picture no. 173. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Will Adams, ex-slave, Marshall - Public domain portrait print

Will Adams, ex-slave, Marshall - Public domain portrait print

420241. District no. 27. Picture no. 604. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

La San Mire, ex-slave, near Beaumont

La San Mire, ex-slave, near Beaumont

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La San Mire, ex-slave, near Beaumont

La San Mire, ex-slave, near Beaumont

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a vignette portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing left. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,... More

Myrtle bush Plant[atio]n, Port Royal Is[land], S.C.

Myrtle bush Plant[atio]n, Port Royal Is[land], S.C.

Photograph shows a house provided for Freedmen in Union occupied Port Royal Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized... More

Portrait photo of Priscilla Gibson, ex-slave, Jasper

Portrait photo of Priscilla Gibson, ex-slave, Jasper

420097. District no. 27. Picture no. 59. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More

Portrait photo of George Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

Portrait photo of George Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

420105. District no. 27. Picture no. 75. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Photo shows Willis Winn standing outside of log cabin next to a slave horn. 420044. District no. 27. Picture no. 443. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African... More

Steve Williams, ex-slave, San Angelo

Steve Williams, ex-slave, San Angelo

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Teshan Young, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

Teshan Young, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420087. District no. 27. Picture no. 188. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Portrait photo of Betty Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

Portrait photo of Betty Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

420111. District no. 27. Picture no. 214. Official project no. 565-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print

Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print

District no. 27. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Written on back: rejected. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal W... More

Mary Ellen Johnson, ex-slave, Dallas

Mary Ellen Johnson, ex-slave, Dallas

420050. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Portrait photo of Minerva & Edgar Bendy, Woodville

Portrait photo of Minerva & Edgar Bendy, Woodville

420114. District no. 27. Picture no. 82. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Valmar Cormier, Beaumont, gelatin silver print

Valmar Cormier, Beaumont, gelatin silver print

420079. District no. 27. Picture no. 225. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery, No. 11 West Gay Street, West Chester, PA.

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

[Freed slave children with their teachers]

[Freed slave children with their teachers]

Title from inventory. Stereoview shows a group of African American children of all ages posed in front of their schoolhouse in Beaufort, South Carolina. The Caucasian women standing behind them on the steps of... More

Freedman's village, Arlington, Virginia

Freedman's village, Arlington, Virginia

Panoramic view of Freedman's village, Arlington, Virginia. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8, 1864 May 7. Negative includes parts of surrounding images.

The Riot in New Orleans - the Freedmen's procession marching to the institute - the struggle for the flag The riot in New Orleans - siege and assault of the convention by the police and citizens / / sketched by Theodore R. Davis.

The Riot in New Orleans - the Freedmen's procession marching to the in...

2 Illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 25, p. 536. Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selling a freedman to pay his fine, at Monticello, Florida / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor.

Selling a freedman to pay his fine, at Monticello, Florida / from a sk...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1867 Jan. 19, p. 273.

Age has not dimmed Mammy Prater's love for sweets

Age has not dimmed Mammy Prater's love for sweets

Photograph shows elderly woman, an ex-slave, wearing heavy shawl and cap sitting outside in rocking chair holding small paper bag and candy in her hands.

Mammy Prater, a 115-year-old ex-slave who is still hale and hearty

Mammy Prater, a 115-year-old ex-slave who is still hale and hearty

Photograph shows elderly woman wearing heavy shawl and cap sitting outside in rocking chair with hands clasped in lap.

Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Miss Thelma Harris, instructor of volunteer nurses aides at Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C., gives Miss Maxine Jackson directions on how to fill an ice cap. Miss Jackson is one of the many volunteers now being trained at the hospital

Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Miss Thelma Harris, instruc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Volunteer nurses aides help to relieve the shortage in graduate nurses by assisting in the feeding of patients as well as in making beds, giving baths, taking temperatures, pulse, respiration, etc. Photo shows Mrs. Thomas Couch, volunteer nurses aide, feeding patient in men's ward at Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Volunteer nurses aides help...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

James Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

James Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

420118. District no. 27. Picture no. 181. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo

Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo

420066. District no. 27. Picture no. 12. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal ... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows a portrait of Fannie Lawrence, standing in front of a balustrade, against a landscape backdrop. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's Offi... More

Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420226. District no. 27. Picture no. 579. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Lula Wilson, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

Lula Wilson, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420247. District no. 27. Picture no. 617. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More

Portrait photo of Louise Evans, gelatin silver print

Portrait photo of Louise Evans, gelatin silver print

320180. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Photo shows Willis Winn standing outside of log cabin next to a slave horn. 420044. District no. 27. Picture no. 445. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African... More

Autobiography, including also reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc.

Autobiography, including also reminiscences of slave life, recollectio...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, on the Internet Archive Web site, and on microfilm (Microfilm 34388). Replace; LC copy replaced by preservation microfilm

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

420039. District no. 27. Picture no. 430. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo

Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo

420066. District no. 27. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project... More

Portrait photo of Lorenza Ezzell, ex-slave, Beaumont

Portrait photo of Lorenza Ezzell, ex-slave, Beaumont

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John James, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

John James, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420016. District no. 27. Picture no. 419. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Laura Redman, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain  print

Laura Redman, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain print

420263. District no. 27. Picture no. 656. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. Top of the card has been cut below the red line border. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by R. R. Corson, in the Clerk'... More

Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans / Chas. Paxso...

Photograph shows a group portrait of freed slaves from New Orleans, Wilson Chinn, Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, and Rosina Downs reading. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackab... More

Fred Brown, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

Fred Brown, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420086. District no. 27. Picture no. 172. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Written on back: rejected. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress... More

Green Cumby, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain portrait print

Green Cumby, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain portrait print

420076. District no. 27. Picture no. 266. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

J.M. Jerry Moore, ex-slave, Marshall

J.M. Jerry Moore, ex-slave, Marshall

420229. District no. 27. Picture no. 520. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Hap McQueen, ex-slave, Woodville (Beaumont)

Hap McQueen, ex-slave, Woodville (Beaumont)

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Thomas, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

William Thomas, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420042. District no. 27. Picture no. 424. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, five years of age as she appeared when found in slavery. Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine [i.e., Catherine] S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church by Henry Ward Beecher, May 1863 / photographed by Kellogg Brothers, 279 Main Street, Hartford Conn.

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, five years...

Photograph shows full-length portraits of Fannie Lawrence, two other children, and Catherine S. Lawrence. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M124. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by... More

Annie Little, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print

Annie Little, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print

420222. District no. 27. Picture no. 438. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Callie Shepard, ex-slave, Dallas

Portrait photo of Callie Shepard, ex-slave, Dallas

420049. Written on back: age 84. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections. Exhibited: Capitol Vis... More

Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print

Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print

420230. District no. 27. Picture no. 500. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Felice Boudreaux, Beaumont, gelatin silver print

Felice Boudreaux, Beaumont, gelatin silver print

420115. District no. 27. Picture no. 229. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Group school children / photographed by E. Hubbard, Beaufort, S.C.

Group school children / photographed by E. Hubbard, Beaufort, S.C.

Photograph shows a group portrait of four African American children, the children of Freedmen, and one white child, possibly students at the Penn School in Beaufort, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 20... More

Tillie Powers, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print

Tillie Powers, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print

420077. District no. 27. Picture no. 224. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Daphne Williams, ex-slave, Hillister (Beaumont)

Daphne Williams, ex-slave, Hillister (Beaumont)

420084. District no. 27. Picture no. 86. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Richard Amerson, gelatin silver print

Portrait photo of Richard Amerson, gelatin silver print

10186. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso

Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso

420059. District no. 27. Picture no. 25. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More

Portrait photo of Mary Randall, ex-slave, Beaumont

Portrait photo of Mary Randall, ex-slave, Beaumont

420108. District no. 27. Picture no. 234. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Donaville Broussard, Beaumont, gelatin silver print

Donaville Broussard, Beaumont, gelatin silver print

Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Rosa, Charley, Rebecca, slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y.

Rosa, Charley, Rebecca, slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson...

Photograph shows freed slaves, Rosina Downs, Charley Taylor, and Rebecca Huger, each wrapped in a portion of the U.S. flag. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Cl... More

Plowing in South Carolina / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor.

Plowing in South Carolina / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor.

Print shows a freedman plowing with a primitive plow. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 23, no. 577 (1866 October 20), p. 76.

Wash Wilson, ex-slave, Eddy - Public domain portrait print

Wash Wilson, ex-slave, Eddy - Public domain portrait print

420252. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Patsy Moses, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

Patsy Moses, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

420110. District no. 27. Picture no. 88. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900 (27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Rosa, an emancipated slave from New Orleans / [photographed] by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y.

Rosa, an emancipated slave from New Orleans / [photographed] by Kimbal...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rosina Downs wearing a cape and hat, facing front. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, [according to] act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Geo.... More

Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y.

Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxso...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of freed slaves, Rebecca Huger, Charley Taylor, and Rosina Downs, each child is facing front.

John Barker, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain scan / print

John Barker, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain scan / print

420128. District no. 27. Picture no. 279. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Isaac & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans, / photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N. Y.

Isaac & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans, / photographed by Kimba...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Isaac White and Rosina Downs, standing arm-in-arm, facing front. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV86; Slave Children. "Ent'd accord'g to act of Congress in ... More

Mrs. Mary Crane - 82 yrs. old ex-slave, Mitchell, Ind.

Mrs. Mary Crane - 82 yrs. old ex-slave, Mitchell, Ind.

130001. Written on back of photo: Return to E.C. Turner, 714 Lincoln Ave., Bedford, Ind. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Proj... More

A slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

A slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rosina Downs, facing left. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for ... More

Stand up a man! - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Stand up a man! - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Card showing freed Afro-American slave humbling himself before American flag held by Union soldier. No. 9, no. 65. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.

Cato Carter, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

Cato Carter, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420216. District no. 27. Picture no. 416. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

William Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

William Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

420078. District no. 27. Picture no. 258. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans / Chas. Paxso...

Photograph shows a group portrait of freed slaves from New Orleans, Wilson Chinn, Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, and Rosina Downs reading. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackab... More

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