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The Slave Sale

The Slave Sale

Credit: Cosmopolitan Magazine [number 38, December 1904] Media type: engraving Museum Number: Annotation: Though the Atlantic slave trade ceased legally importing slaves on 1 January…

Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788

Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-44000 Annotation: Note: The “Brookes” after the Regulation Act of 1788, was allowed to carry 454 Slaves,…

Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention

Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: broadside Museum Number: Portfolio 153, Folder 26 Annotation: Sixty abolitionist leaders from ten states met in Philadelphia in 1833 to…

The Negro Woman’s Appeal to Her White Sisters

The Negro Woman’s Appeal to Her White Sisters

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: broadside Museum Number: Portfolio 65, Folder 8 Annotation: Antislavery broadside created and published in London, 1850. With the increasing size…

$150 Reward For Runaway

$150 Reward For Runaway

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: advertisement Museum Number: Portfolio 22, Folder 12b Annotation: Advertisement run in Kentucky newspaper ofering up to a $150 reward for…

Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey

Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-USZC4-6134 Annotation: This is a picture of workers in a cotton gin. A cotton gin is a…