slavery

Grand bobalition, or "Great anniversary fussible"

Another in the "bobalition" series of broadsides parodying the manners, illiteracy, and dialect of Boston blacks. (See no. 1819-2.) The illustration shows a black militia troop marching from left to right. The ... More

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More

Abraham Lincoln to James N. Brown, Monday, October 18, 1858 (Slavery)

The Great exhibition of 1860. - Public domain broadside, Library of Co...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nursery at Elliot's Plantation, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows slaves sitting in from of a building described at the "nursery". Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Edge loss on the upper right corner of the mount. Title is inscribed in ink on the f... More

[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahe...

Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being... More

Southern tombstones; an inside view of Dixie. Taken by our "Special Ar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape, ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Love me little love me long. [caricature].

On tissue. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

[John Brown, 1800-1859, bust portrait, facing right in memorial frame]

Frame includes words "The Just man shall be in eternal remembrance -- Gave his life for the liberation of the slave."

The Greek slave - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Line graph shows percentage of African Americans in slavery between 1790 and 1870. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the ... More

[The Georgia Negro] Slaves and free Negroes. - Exposition Universelle ...

Graph shows percentage of enslaved African Americans compared to free African Americans from 1790 to 1870. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of t... More

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

Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans enrolled in public schools between 1876 and 1896. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro ... More

Relics of slavery days - images Black History Month

Slave quarters at the Hermitage Plantation outside of Savannah, Georgia. Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

Will the white slave have a Lincoln? / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a man labeled "'Independent' Labor" tied to a post labeled "Organized Tyranny" and being whipped by a man labeled "Professional Entertainer"; in the background, a factory is burning. Illus. ... More

To prevent this - buy war savings certificates now / F. Gregory Brown ...

Poster showing German soldiers overseeing slave labor in a factory, and whipping one of the workers. B3002 Wt 5852/2598 10M 6/18. E3114.

Ex Slaves - Jack Bess's House, Texas

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

Ex Slaves - Sol Walton, Age 88

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

Ex Slaves - Julia Francis Daniels, Age 89

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

Simon Phillips, Age 90 with John Randolph

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

Ex Slaves - Aaron Russel [sic], Age 82

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

Ex Slaves - Callie Shepherd, Age 84

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

Ex Slaves - Jennie Bowen, Age 90

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

Ex Slaves - Sarah Gudger, Age 121

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

Ex Slaves - William Scott, Age 77

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

Ex Slaves - John Coggin, Age 85

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

Ex Slaves - Anthony Dawson, Age 105

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

Charlie Crump and Granddaughter, Age 82

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

Ex Slaves - Everett Ingram, Alabama

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

Ex Slaves - Gabe Hines, Alabama

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

Ex Slaves - Abe Whitess, Age over 90

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

Ex Slaves - Priscilla Gibson, Age about 81

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

Ex Slaves - John Ellis, Age 85

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

Ex Slaves - Mary Kincheon Edwards, Age 127

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

Green Hill Plantation, Slave Quarters, State Route 728, Long Island, C...

Significance: "Green Hill" plantation was built by Samuel Pannill who first bought 600 acres from William and Moses Fuqua in 1797, and added to and developed the plantation 'til his death in 1864. Survey numbe... More

Ex Slaves - Amos Clark, Age 96

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

Abraham Jones' House - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal writ...

Unknown female subjects. Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Green (Reverend Bill) - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Fed...

Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938

Bill McRay, Age 86 - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal writer...

Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938

Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of former slaves of the Pet...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of slaves of the Pettway pl...

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

Tony Thompson, born in slavery. Greene County, Georgia

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

A serviceable garment--or reverie of a bachelor

Democratic presidential candidate James Buchanan is depicted as a poor bachelor in his squalid quarters. Though indeed a confirmed bachelor, Buchanan in reality was hardly needy. After serving as American minis... More

John Brown. Meeting the slave-mother and her child on the steps of Cha...

Issued in the North during the Civil War, the melodramatic portrayal of an apocryphal incident from the life of John Brown must have had unmistakable propagandistic overtones. In actuality a violent antislavery... More

Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana Photographed by Kimball, ...

Photograph shows former slave from Louisiana with forehead branded with the initials of his owner, Volsey B. Marmillion, wearing a punishment collar and posing with other equipment used to punish slaves. Print... More

William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter from Un...

Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; June ...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Community desig...

James K. Polk Papers: Series 9: Sarah C. Polk Papers, 1838-1891; 1838,...

Uncle Tom's cabin for children - Rare book, public domain, Library of ...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Facts for men who do their own thinking. The two platforms, one positi...

Printed in five columns. Map of rebel and Union territory on verso.

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

Dr. John H. Drish House, 2300 Seventeenth Street, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloo...

Significance: Once a remarkable example of eclectic combination of Greek Revival and Italianate elements. John R. Drish, builder-owner, was Tuscaloosa physician and erstwhile building contractor, owner of skil... More

[Rear view of woman washing clothes]

230015. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Blandair, Slave Quarters, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, M...

Significance: The slave quarters at Blandair was built ca. 1845, predating the adjacent brick manor house. Supported by a rubble stone foundation, the building's walls were constructed of 2 1/2" thick sawn wood... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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The Rail Splitter, [Newspaper]. August 25, 1860 and October 4th, 1860.

No. 2 is a photocopy (positive). Edited by C. Leib. No more published.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Joseph Fry Farm Landscape, 2153 South County Trail Road (U.S. Route 2)...

Significance: Fry's Hamlet Historic District is an important collection of three farmsteads, the Joseph Fry Farm, the Spencer-Fry Farm, and the Spencer-Bailey Farm. The buildings and lands which comprise the J... More

Joseph Fry Farm Landscape, 2153 South County Trail Road (U.S. Route 2)...

Significance: Fry's Hamlet Historic District is an important collection of three farmsteads, the Joseph Fry Farm, the Spencer-Fry Farm, and the Spencer-Bailey Farm. The buildings and lands which comprise the J... More

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

Retreat Plantation, Slave Hospital & Greenhouse, Saint Simons Island, ...

Survey number: HABS GA-21 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Arms of ye Confederacie, Confederate States of America.

A small card bearing a vitriolic indictment of the Confederacy. The artist particularly attacks the the institution of slavery, the foundation of Southern economy. A large shield is flanked by two figures: a pl... More

House, Bracketville, Seminole-Negro Settlement

Title transcribed from item. District no. 27. Picture no. 252. 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 Admin... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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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

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

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

Seminole-Negro Baptist church, Brackettville

Title transcribed from item. District no. 27. Picture no. 254. 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 Admin... More

Glencairn, Tuscaloosa Street, Greensboro, Hale County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-266 Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000488

Rock Hall & Slave Quarters, Dickerson, Montgomery County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-572 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: Autobiography and Journal, 1834-18...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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The slavery code of the District of Columbia, together with notes and ...

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Monocacy Aqueduct, 42.2 Miles above Tidewater...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS MD-19 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows horse and buggy and soldiers outside building with sign Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. War Views. No. 2296. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

The Sale - A picture of two men standing next to each other

Card showing Afro-American slave being sold. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Thirty years a slave. From bondage to freedom. The institution of slav...

Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A drawing of a man holding a red flag, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Musee Rosette Rochon, 1515 Pauger Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish,...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Rosette Rochon was a wealthy free woman of color born in Mobile, Alabama in 1760. She was the daughter of Pierre Rochon, an early ship builder an... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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"Confederate camp" during the late American war

Print shows encampment of Confederate soldiers, including three slaves(?). B9019 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1871 by Louis Zimmer. After a painting by C. W. Chapman, Ordance Sergeant, 59th Virginia Regime... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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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

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, 2.65 mi. N of Rte. 2 bridge over Mana...

Significance: Hacienda La Esperanza, one of the many remains of sugar haciendas extant in Puerto Rico today, is distinguished by the six-column steam engine and matching sugar mill which survive on the site. T... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More

Whitney Plantation, Louisiana Route 18, Wallace, St. John the Baptist ...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2019 Survey number: HABS LA-1194 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of His... More

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