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Reward for Runaway Slaves

Date: 04 19 1849
Description: Poster offering $600 reward for the return of three runaway slaves in Calvert County, Maryland. The three slaves are Henry Morsell, Jim Parker, and Bill Hu...
Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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What The United States Has Fought For

Date: 1914
Description: A cartoon depicting the rescue of oppressed people by the United States, entitled: "What The United States Has Fought For".
Book or Pamphlet

Anti-Slavery Sermon Imprint

Date: 1861
Description: Printed copy of a sermon, "The Duty of the Northern States in Relation to the Future of Slavery," delivered by Rev. William Henry Brisbane, minister of the...
Book or Pamphlet

Runaway Slave

Date: 1837
Description: Image of a runaway slave with stick and satchel.
Map or Atlas

United States Map

Date: 1835
Description: Map reads: "Map of the United States of America with its Territories and Districts - Including also a part of Upper and Lower Canada and Mexico". The map i...
Book or Pamphlet

Slave Catchers

Date: 1849
Description: Drawing of two slave catchers pointing guns at two runaway slaves.
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Worse Than Slavery Cartoon

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Description: A cartoon depicting an African American family hovering beneath a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) and a white supremacist in the Reconstruction South. There is a sk...
Poster

Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation

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Description: A facsimile of the handwritten document by Abraham Lincoln, with additional decorations, published for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission...
Book or Pamphlet

March of the Slaves

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Description: Two illustrations depicting the capture by Europeans of Africans who were taken away on ships to be slaves. The caption is in French.
Poster

The Voice of the Clergy

Date: 09 1863
Description: Proclamation made by the Episcopal Clergy of Philadelphia protesting the statement made by John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont, supporting...
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Map of the Seat of War

Date: 1860
Description: African American man, left, map depicting Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the border of Pennsylvania, right. Key of "DIRECTIONS" in upper right corner. At...
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Slaves Escaping at Fort Monroe

Date: 1860
Description: Scene of 16 figures. A slave owner is raising his whip as black families are racing towards Fort Monroe, with some remaining behind picking cotton. The sla...
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Unite Or Die

Date: 1860
Description: A snake with 15 segments, SC, Ca, Mi, Ala, N.C, Tex, De, Md, Va, Fla, Ark, Ten, Ke and Mo. A snake has the Confederate flag and a palm tree behind it. Bold...
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I'se Contraband

Date: 1860
Description: Freed male slave in a straw hat. He is superimposed on a black star with the abbreviations of the states of the Confederacy. Behind the black star is an up...
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Proclamation of Emancipation

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Description: Text of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. Includes a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Book or Pamphlet

Ah King

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Description: Ah King, a slave who was rescued on May 18, 1910.
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Cameron Mission Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Cameron Mission, a home for rescued Asian (Chinese and Japanese) slaves in San Francisco. Some of the residents are posed in a group a...
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Escape Map

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Description: A hand-drawn map of a house labeled in both English and Chinese. Notes include escape routes. Two girls were kept here.
Map or Atlas

Map Wisconsin and Michigan

Date: 1864
Description: A map of Wisconsin and Michigan showing the counties, named towns, cities and villages, and railroads. The opposite side includes a lists counties with pop...

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