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Old engraved illustration of American abolitionist. The riot at Alton, Illinois, on 7 November 1837, in which Elijah Lovejoy lost his life

Summer Scene, 1866. Artist G. Gable.

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Confederate Note, from American Civil War

Isaac & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans, Photograph by Kimball, 477 Broadway, NY, William A Gladstone Collection of African American...

Isaac & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans, Photograph by Kimball, 477 Broadway, NY, William A Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs, 1863

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Abraham Lincoln Signs Emancipation Proclamation

Group of escaped slaves that gathered on the former plantation of Confederate General Thomas Drayton. After Federal troops occupied the plantation...

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Juneteenth web banner

Freed African-Americans in a southern town after the US Civil War, circa 1870.

Freed Slaves In The South

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Juneteenth web banner

Free African-American Family, Post Civil War, c 1898, Vintage Photograph.

Free African-American Family, Post Civil War, c 1898, Vintage Photograph

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Juneteenth Independence Day Design with Brushes

Portrait of Civil War 'contrabands,' fugitive slaves who were emancipated upon reaching the North, sitting outside a house, possible in Freedman's...

Civil War Contrabands

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Confederate States Currency - American Civil War & Slavery concept

Emancipated Slaves Brought from Louisiana by Colonel George H. Banks, December 1863. Artist Myron H. Kimball.

Emancipated Slaves Brought From Louisiana By Colonel George H Banks

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Confederate States banknote Currency - State of Mississippi

After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1 freed slaves like this group made their way north, crossing the confederate lines at...

Illustration of Freed Slaves Making Their Way North

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Early American currency, Confederate states

The Union commander's notice of the Emancipation Proclamation to the citizens of Winchester, Virginia, with the wording 'Freedom to slaves! Whereas...

Freedom To Slaves!

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Confederate banknote type currency

Students and teachers pose outside the Freedmen's Bureau school in Beaufort, South Carolina.

African American School

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American Civil War, Confederate States Currency

School for freed slaves in the southern states.

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Southern Confederate Money from the American Civil War

Slavery emancipation festival in Barbados, c1880.

Slavery emancipation festival in Barbados, c1880.

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Juneteenth Independence Day

An Address Delivered Before a Meeting of the Members and Friends of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society During the Annual Fair', 1850. William...

An Address Delivered Before A Meeting Of The Members And Friends Of The Pennsylvania...,

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Juneteenth Independence Day

Group of African Americans aboard the USS Vermont. The United States Navy employed thousands of freed slaves during the Civil War.

African American Sailors

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Juneteenth Independence Day Background

Portrait of African American school children in New Bern, North Carolina, ca. 1862-1863.

African American School Children

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American Civil War currency, close-up view

Group of freed slaves gather on the plantation of Confederate general Thomas F. Drayton in Hilton Head, South Carolina, during the Union occupation...

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Old Engraving illustration of Confederate Slavery Currency

Group of freed slaves who worked as laborers and servants with the 13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, 1862.

Group Of Freed Slaves

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Twenty dollar banknote from the confederate states

Freed Slaves on the Smith Plantation

J.J. Smiths Ex-Slaves

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Fifty cents paper currency from the confederate United States

Three-quarter length view from behind of Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter", a former enslaved man, showing, at a medical examination, keloid...

Rear View of Former Enslaved Man Revealing Scars at Medical Inspection

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Civil War Confederate States banknote

Photo of handwritten record showing General Orders, Number 3, issued by United States Major General Gordon Granger, June 19, 1865. It reads "The...

General Orders, No. 3

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US confederate currency

The Death of Virginia, circa 1825-1828. The subject derives from Livy . Daughter of the Roman centurion Lucius Virginius and a freed slave, Virginia...

The Death Of Virginia

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Historical banknote type cash from the 19th century

1700s 1800s ILLUSTRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICA SLAVE WORKERS OPERATING COTTON GIN SOUTHERN USA

1700s 1800s ILLUSTRATION.

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Confederate Currency from southern states

1830s 1831 ABRAHAM LINCOLN OBSERVING NEW ORLEANS SLAVE MARKET AUCTION SALE FROM HAND COLORED ANTIQUE GLASS LANTERN SLIDE

1830s 1831 ABRAHAM LINCOLN...

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Confederate Currency - Vice President Alexander H. Stephens

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the...

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States.

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Old engraved illustration of American abolitionist. The riot at Alton, Illinois, on 7 November 1837, in which Elijah Lovejoy lost his life

The American Declaration of Independence illustrated by Dominique Fabronius, artist c1861. An idealistic call for emancipation of the slaves. Borne...

The American Declaration of Independence illustrated by Dominique Fabronius, artist c1861.

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Colonel John Ashley House, Ashley Falls, Sheffield, Berkshires, Massachusetts, New England, USA

Proclamation of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies, 23 April 1848. Painting by François Auguste Biard , 19th century. 2,61 x 3, 91 m....

Proclamation of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies

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Emancipation Proclamation Document

Formerly enslaved people in Barbados march through the streets to the sound of cymbals, drum and concertina as they celebrate their emancipation....

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Old engraved illustration of discovery of Nat Turner, enslaved African-American preacher who led the four-day rebellion of enslaved and free black people

Postcard honoring president Abraham Lincoln for his Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved people, 1863.

Emancipation Proclamation

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Old engraved illustration of discovery of Nat Turner, enslaved African-American preacher who led the four-day rebellion of enslaved and free black people

Freed Negroes by the Richmond Canal

Freed Negroes by the Richmond Canal

Illustrated portrait of Elizabeth Keckley , a formerly enslaved woman who bought her freedom and became dressmaker for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

Elizabeth Keckley

Portrait of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman as she poses with her family, friends, and neighbors on her porch, Auburn, New York, mid to late...

Harriet Tubman With Family, Friends, & Neighbors

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