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Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves, within designated states and parts of States are, and henceforeward [sic] shall be free! [J. L. Magee copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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

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[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahee, South Carolina, and escaped slave named Gordon]

[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

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

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

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

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"Confederate camp" during the late American war

"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

Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope c...

Stereograph shows tent camp occupied by escaped slaves. No. 379. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Philanthropic Consolations, after the loss of the Slave-Bill

Philanthropic Consolations, after the loss of the Slave-Bill

William Wilberforce and Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester, cavort with two black women in a well-furnished room. Wilberforce and a woman, wearing a print dress with her breasts exposed, sit on a couch smoking... More

Gordon as he entered our lines. Gordon under medical inspection. Gordon in his uniform as a U.S. soldier

Gordon as he entered our lines. Gordon under medical inspection. Gordo...

Gordon, a runaway slave from Mississippi, in tattered clothes; bare back showing scars; and in Union Civil War uniform. From photographs by McPherson & Oliver. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 July 4, p. 429, bottom.

Stephen's varieties No. 3: The slave in 1863

Stephen's varieties No. 3: The slave in 1863

Envelope for collectors cards showing Afro-American soldier holding bayoneted rifle. Copyright by William A. Stephens.

Freedom's immortal triumph!  Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty."  Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history

Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...

A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More

Convention of former slaves, Wash., D.C.

Convention of former slaves, Wash., D.C.

Two elderly African American women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo shows, left to right, Elizabeth Berkeley and Sadie Thompson (based on identification provided in ima... More

The  War will soon be o'er - American Civil War sheet music
A group of "contrabands" - 19th century Virginia.

A group of "contrabands" - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: The War for t... More

Port Royal, South Carolina. Slaves quarters

Port Royal, South Carolina. Slaves quarters

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The  Negro emancipation song - American Civil War sheet music
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

What's de matter, Uncle Sam? - American Civil War sheet music
Family record. Before the war and since the war / Krebs Lithographing Company, Cincinnati.

Family record. Before the war and since the war / Krebs Lithographing ...

A chart exhibiting two farms, contrasting slavery with freedom in connection with a family record. "Designed for the colored people of America by W. H. Cowell, Martin, Tennessee." Copyright no. 9131L.

Gabriel blows the trumpet - American Civil War sheet music
Emancipation / G. G. Fish, pinx. ;  J.P. Soule, photo.

Emancipation / G. G. Fish, pinx. ; J.P. Soule, photo.

Photograph shows a woman (Columbia) holding a document (the Declaration of Emancipation?) standing between two kneeling slaves. The slave to her left, a man, holds a U.S. flag; the slave to her right, a woman, ... More

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Picking cotton on a Georgia plantation

Picking cotton on a Georgia plantation

Negro slaves. Illus. in: Ballou's Pictorial, v. 14, 1858, p. 49. Ref. copy may be in P&P - A Pictorial History of Blackamericans - E185.H83 1973, p. 16. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More

[Sergeant A.M. Chandler of the 44th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Co. F., and Silas Chandler, family slave, with Bowie knives, revolvers, pepper-box, shotgun, and canteen]

[Sergeant A.M. Chandler of the 44th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Co....

Photograph shows identified Confederate soldier, A.M. Chandler, and identified slave, Silas Chandler, who accompanied two Chandler brothers during their military service in the Civil War. For more information, ... More

Alexandria, Virginia. Slave pen. (Price, Birch & Co. dealers in slaves)

Alexandria, Virginia. Slave pen. (Price, Birch & Co. dealers in slaves...

Address: 1315 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Stereo filed in LOT 4161. Caption from negative sleeve: Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. File print in LOT 4161-H. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libra... More

Alexandria, Virginia. Slave pen. (Price, Birch & Company dealers in slaves)

Alexandria, Virginia. Slave pen. (Price, Birch & Company dealers in sl...

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

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

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing outside a building designated Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. No. 2296. Part of series: The War for the Union. Ph... More

Negroes, descendants of former slaves of the Pettway Plantation. They are living under primitive conditions on the plantation. Gees Bend, Alabama

Negroes, descendants of former slaves of the Pettway Plantation. They ...

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Contrabands on Mr. Foller's farm, Cumberland, May 14, 1862.

Contrabands on Mr. Foller's farm, Cumberland, May 14, 1862.

Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: Photographic ... More

Plantation no. 3 Slave quarters. - stereocsopic card

Plantation no. 3 Slave quarters. - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows slaves, many seated, in front of cabins. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date of photo based on newspaper account of photographers working outside of the studio in and aroun... More

Front of "slave pen," Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Front of "slave pen," Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a Union army guard and other men in front of a building designated Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, at 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. Before that, the premises were owned by the slave-... More

Front of "slave pen," Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Front of "slave pen," Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a Union army guard and other men in front of a building designated Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, at 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. Before that, the premises were owned by the slave-... More

Family record. Before the war and since the war / Krebs Lithographing Company, Cincinnati.

Family record. Before the war and since the war / Krebs Lithographing ...

A chart exhibiting two farms, contrasting slavery with freedom in connection with a family record. "Designed for the colored people of America by W. H. Cowell, Martin, Tennessee." Copyright no. 9131L.

Ole Mose, or Freedom is a comin'

Ole Mose, or Freedom is a comin'

Music associated with the Union side

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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