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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "3RD ROU... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A freed slave with a hoe in his left hand and his right hand on his hip. Caption at the top reads, "Massa can't have dis chile, dat's what's de matter." Ca... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A grinning African American man wears a tattered version of Uncle Sam's costume as he dances and sings. The caption below reads, "I'm glad I'm not in... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Three people stand outdoors near a truck acting out a group improvisation of a slave revolt. They were attending Freedom School during Freedom Summer at Pa... |
| Date: | 05 1902 |
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| Description: | Carlos Christian cultivating a field for cotton. He is posing while holding a plow which is hitched to a mule. Pine trees are running along the perimeter o... |
| Date: | 1783 |
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| Description: | This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F... |
| Date: | 1755 |
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| Description: | Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland, North Carolina, and New Jersey. It shows borders, boundary lines, some Native American land, counties, cities, towns... |
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