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James Monroe Papers: Oversized, 1802-1819, Series 4, Addenda, 1778-183...

Military construction in the 1800's, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2...

From 1825 to the eve of the civil war in 1981, military construction projects on Pensacola Bay involved hundreds of enslaved African-Americans. Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas are monuments to the skill and toi... More

Military construction in the 1800's, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2...

From 1825 to the eve of the civil war in 1981, military construction projects on Pensacola Bay involved hundreds of enslaved African-Americans. Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas are monuments to the skill and toi... More

An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans by Lydia...

In the preface of her book, Lydia Marie Child says, "Reader, I beseech you not to throw down this volume as soon as you have glanced at the title." Written in 1833, Child not only called for the immediate emanc... More

An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans by Lydia...

In the preface of her book, Lydia Marie Child says, "Reader, I beseech you not to throw down this volume as soon as you have glanced at the title." Written in 1833, Child not only called for the immediate emanc... More

Maggie L. Walker national historic site - 99-0691

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Frederick Douglass - Daguerreotype, Public domain

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Untitled (Portrait of Two Women)

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Proclamation of freedom millions! The emancipation proclamation.

Surrounded by a black border of chains. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Important news by telegraph. - Public domain broadside, Library of Con...

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Untitled (Portrait of a Woman with Two Children)

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To working men. The war is now, thanks to Gen's Grant, Sherman and oth...

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Untitled (Portrait of Woman Holding a Child)

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History lessons on Boston streets

Boston African American National Historic Site: Ranger David Santucci talks about a copy of a broadside from 1850 with students in Beacon Hill.

Allegorical representation of freeing of slaves.

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man with a Cow)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Sleeping Baby in a Woman's Lap)

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Odd-Fellow's Hall. Thursday Even'g, June 8. Last night Uncle Tom's Cab...

Previously uncataloged.

The great presidential race of 1856.

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

Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler.

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Runaway reward poster, Washington DC

November 16, 1858

Untitled (Portrait of One Standing Woman and One Seated Woman)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)

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The Rail candidate. - Public domain portrait print

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

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

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Heir to the throne. - Public domain portrait print

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

Untitled (Portrait of a Woman Holding a Baby)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[M. Miller, Colonel, 18th Mo. Infantry, full-length portrait, facing r...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2882. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Officers of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry posing with "Contr...

"Captain B.S. Brown (left); Lt. John P. Shaw, Co. F 2nd Regt. Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry (center); and Lt. Fry (right) with African American men and boy." Lt. Shaw was killed in action at the Battle of th... More

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

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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7th New York State Militia at Camp Cameron (Meridian Hill) in Washingt...

The 7th New York State Militia was one of the first units rushed to Washington DC to defend the capital. The unit arrived on April 25, 1861, taking up residence at the Capitol Building before being ordered to C... More

Epitaph. Here lie the mutilated and disjoined remains of the noblest f...

Surrounded by black mourning border.

American Civil War, the important events, such as battles, skirmishes,...

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[A group of soldiers, and two young men, one an African American, stan...

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7th New York State Militia at Camp Cameron (Meridian Hill) in Washingt...

The 7th New York State Militia was one of the first units rushed to Washington DC to defend the capital. The unit arrived on April 25, 1861, taking up residence at the Capitol Building before being ordered to C... More

7th New York State Militia at Camp Cameron (Meridian Hill) in Washingt...

The 7th New York State Militia was one of the first units rushed to Washington DC to defend the capital. The unit arrived on April 25, 1861, taking up residence at the Capitol Building before being ordered to C... More

Lincoln in City Point, [Bartsch portrait of Lincoln].

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

7th New York State Militia at Camp Cameron (Meridian Hill) in Washingt...

The 7th New York State Militia was one of the first units rushed to Washington DC to defend the capital. The unit arrived on April 25, 1861, taking up residence at the Capitol Building before being ordered to C... More

9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry at Camp Cass near Fort Cass, Arli...

9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry at Camp Cass near Fort Cass, Arlington Line Defenses, Virginia. An African American contraband in Federal uniform can be seen sitting on the ground in the image.

Train Extra! Right of free speech! George Francis Train arrested in Fa...

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Proclamation of emancipation. The second Declaration of Independence! ...

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The Freedman, bronze, American art collection

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Public Domain Stock Photo . The freedman john quincy adams ward americ...

Slavery. Free images of slavery. Use free photos of slavery without any copyright restrictions.

An address to the people of the free states by the President of the So...

The famous fake reply to the Emancipation Proclamation, probably printed in the North.

Facsimile of the Emancipation proclamation. Executive Mansion, Bryan &...

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

Allegory of Emancipation, shows African American family admiring bust ...

Printed on lower right corner: 44. Container 1 Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

An Abolition traitor. There are traitors in the North as well as in th...

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Men of color to arms! Now or never!

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

Untitled ("I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance")

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

President Lincoln and General Grant on peace and war.

1) Interview with the President, by J. T. Mills. 2) Letter of General Grant to E. B. Washbourne. 3) On the Chicago surrender [poem] by Bayard Taylor.

Love me little love me long. - Public domain portrait print

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McClellan for President. - Public domain American music sheet

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[Buttre portrait of Lincoln based on Brady photograph, copy 2.]

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

I assure you my friend, that you can safely vote our ticket, for we ha...

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

Great sensation photograph of the day!

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Union ticket. Against new constitution.

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A couple of men standing next to a wooden building. Civil war virginia...

Wartime images: Free images of war, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

Lipman Emancipation proclamation with narrative pictorial.

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

Platforms illustrated. - Public domain scan / print

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

A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

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

In memoriam, [Nahl & Nagel allegorical representation].

Allegorical representation with portrait of Lincoln and inscription: To Abraham Lincoln, the best beloved of the nation.

The 4th U.S. Colored Infantry Company E, Andersonville National Histor...

During a time when many African American were enslaved and even considered property in much of the country, James H. Gooding had a remarkable vision of equality and the courage to fight for it. James Henry Good... More

Untitled (Three Men Playing Cards)

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

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Proclamation emancipation, [Smith/Rosenthal].

The Triumph of freedom over slavery. Thirty eighth Congress of the Uni...

Facsimile lithograph. Contains Lincoln's signature.

African American Family in Front of a Log Cabin

LIBI_00019_00247; This item is a card-mounted photograph of a black family taken in front of a log cabin. The photograph is 3 1/2 x 4 1/2" (5 1/2 x 6 1/2" mounted on a tan mount) and was produced circa 1865 by... More

Funeral car, used upon the occasion of the funeral obsequies of Presid...

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emancipation proclamation issued January 1st, 1863, [G. R. Russell].

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

[Traubel portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Decorative shield includes portrait of Lincoln and two allegorical illustrations. Includes facsimile of Lincoln's signature

The silent sorrow of the enfranchised slave.

Surrounded by mourning border.

Fraternite Universelle, [Schultz work of Lincoln and other famous men]...

Public domain scan of a portrait print, bust portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

John Brown exhibiting his hangman., engraving, Library of Congress

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

A poster with a man and a woman facing each other. Racial segregation ...

A poster for campaign / A poster for the two platforms - public domain stock photo.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Abolishing Slavery. Joint resolution of the thirty eight Congress of t...

Includes list of Congressmen voting aye. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great Bend Tunnel - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

In February of 1870, workers began drilling the Great Bend Tunnel where the Greenbrier River makes a seven-mile meander around Big Bend Mountain. Over 800 men, many of them African American, cut a 6,450 foot-lo... More

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

Overcoming adversity, US Army Photo

Henry Ossian Flipper was commissioned an Army lieutenant after his graduation from West Point in 1873. Flipper was then assigned to the 10th Cavalry at Fort Sill, Okla., and later became the Assistant Commissar... More

Untitled (Portrait of a Man) - Public domain dedication, Art Institute...

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Woman)

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Untitled (Portrait of Two Young Men and One Young Woman)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Woman)

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Untitled (Portait of a Seated Man Holding a Hat)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man Holding a Newspaper)

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Nat...

Date unknown. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune used education, political activism and civil service to achieve racial and gender equality throuhgout the US and the world. The first person in her family born free and the... More

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)

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Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bishops of the A.M.E. church - Public domain cabinet print

G888 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Kendrick, D. T., artis... More

Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper (1856-1940), Charles Young Buffalo Soldier...

Born to enslaved parents on March 21, 1856, Henry O. Flipper would become the seventh African American to attend the US Military Academy at West Point. Though several entered the school before him, he was the f... More

Untitled (Portrait of a Man) - Public domain portrait print

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