Slavery Collection

Waiting for the Hour, 1863. Creators: Unknown, William Tolman Carlton
Carte-de-visite of a group of African Americans gathered around a man with a pocket watch, leaning on a pulpit made out of U.S. Sanitation Commission crates

Reading the Scriptures, 1874. Creator: Thomas Waterman Wood
Reading the Scriptures, 1874

Cotton Picking, Augusta, Georgia, 1943. Cultivation of cotton using slaves brought huge profits to the owners of large plantations, making them some of the wealthiest men in the U.S

The Gathering of Manna, End of 16th cen. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Black Joke engaging the Spanish Slave Brig El Almirante, 1 February 1829, 1830. Artist: Edward Duncan
Black Joke engaging the Spanish Slave Brig El Almirante in the Bight of Benin, 1 February 1829, 1830. Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Downes

The Dying Slave, 1513-1515. Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Dying Slave, 1513-1515. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

William Wilberforce, English philanthropist
William Wilberforce (1759-1833), English philanthropist. Prominent in the struggle to abolish slavery. Engraving

The Expulsion of Hagar, 1520. Creator: Jan Mostaert
The Expulsion of Hagar, 1520. The subject depicted in the foreground of this panel, is an episode from the Old Testament, as are the other episodes depicted in the background.

Slave Market, 1866. Creator: Jean-Leon Gerome
Slave Market, 1866. A naked woman at center and man at far right are shown in a public courtyard, as prospective slave owners inspect their bodies.

Medallion Produced For The Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, c1787-1790. Creator: Josiah Wedgwood
Medallion Produced For The Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, c1787-1790.

The Last Days of the Confederate Government...Jefferson Davis bidding farewell to his escort, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Last Days of the Confederate Government - Mr. Jefferson Davis bidding farewell to his escort two days before his capture, 1865

The Last Days of the Confederate Government... Mr. Jefferson Davis signing acts...by the roadside, 1 Creator: Unknown
The Last Days of the Confederate Government - Mr. Jefferson Davis signing acts of government by the roadside, 1865. '...from a sketch by our special artist...[showing] Mr

The announcement of the manifesto on the abolition of serfdom in the Assumption... 1861
The announcement of the manifesto on the abolition of serfdom in the Assumption Cathedral on March 5, 1861, 1861. Private Collection

Meeting of the Editorial Commission for the Liberation of the Peasants in the hall... 1861
Meeting of the Editorial Commission for the Liberation of the Peasants in the hall of the First Cadet Corps, 1861. Private Collection

How the farmer lost his will and his land, 1918. Creator: Apsit, Alexander Petrowitsch (1880-1944)
How the farmer lost his will and his land, 1918. Private Collection

A tobacco plantation, 1745. Creator: Unknown artist
A tobacco plantation, 1745. Private Collection

"Nero after the Burning of Rome", by Carl Piloty, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting....the tyrant is represented stalking forth...to survey the desolation

The War in America: the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas, on hearing of the approach of Federal transports, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. A. G. Wedge

A slave catcher (Capitão do mato). From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
A slave catcher (Capit£o do mato). From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Nègresses de Rio-Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Negresses de Rio-Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Fishermen of Ilhéus. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Fishermen of Ilheus. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835. Creator: Rugendas, Johann Moritz (1802-1858)
Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Portrait of Maponde, 18th century. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Portrait of Maponde, 18th century

Adolf Ludvig Gustav Albert Couschi, about 1747-1822, called Badin, 1775. Creator: Gustaf Lundberg
Adolf Ludvig Gustav Albert Couschi, about 1747-1822, called Badin, 1775

A Panos Indian and his Wife on a Journey; Lima and the Andes, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A Panos Indian and his Wife on a Journey; Lima and the Andes, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Hawkins Point Farm, 1825-1870. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Hawkins Point Farm, 1825-1870

Portrait of Governor William Moultrie, 1802. Creator: Charles Fraser
Portrait of Governor William Moultrie, 1802

Louis De Geer d.ä. 1587-1657. Creator: Anon
Louis De Geer d.a. 1587-1657, Unknown date

Long Time Ago; Our Contraband, 1825-1870. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Long Time Ago; Our Contraband, 1825-1870

The Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech, 1876. The monument, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott... is to preserve the local memory of Thomas Clarkson

Lieut. Cameron, R.N. the African Explorer, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Lieut. Cameron, R.N. the African Explorer, 1876. Lieutenant Verney Lovett Cameron entered the Royal Navy in August, 1857, being the first boy under fourteen years of age who passed the examination

Sergeant Gomez and his Slave; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Sergeant Gomez and his Slave; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Slave trader, 1877-1919. Creator: Marius Bauer
Slave trader, 1877-1919

A Home on the Mississippi, 1871. Creator: Currier and Ives
A Home on the Mississippi, 1871

Lieutenant V. H. Cameron, R.N. 1876. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant V. H. Cameron, R.N. 1876. Engraving of a photograph by Maull and Co. Lieutenant Verney Lovett Cameron entered the Royal Navy in August, 1857

The slaver "Sunny South", alias "Emanuela" surrendering to H.M.S. "Brisk", bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir H

H.M.S. "Brisk", bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, closing with "The Sunny... 1860
H.M.S. "Brisk", bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, closing with "The Sunny South" slaver, 1860....her Majesty's ship Brisk

Slave Gang passing along the edge of the Lushivi Marsh...1876. Creator: Unknown
Slave Gang passing along the edge of the Lushivi Marsh, from a sketch by Lieutenant Cameron in Central Africa, 1876. The painful march of a slave gang

Portrait of an English slave trader, 17th century. Creator: Wright, John Michael (1617-1694)
Portrait of an English slave trader, 17th century. Private Collection

Costumes de Différents Pays, Maniere Dont les Maures Prennent les Esclaves, c1797
Costumes de Differents Pays, Maniere Dont les Maures Prennent les Esclaves, c1797

Moses parting the waters of the Red Sea, First Half of 17th cen.. Creator: Jordaens, Hans III (1590-1643)
Moses parting the waters of the Red Sea, First Half of 17th century. Private Collection

Costumes de Différents Pays, Esclave du Mexique, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Esclave du Mexique, c1797

Ichikawa Actor as Toraya Tokichi in The Slave Vendor, 1852. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Ichikawa Actor as Toraya Tokichi in The Slave Vendor, 1852. Series: Eighteen Plays of the Ichikawa Clan

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme Esclave Mahometane, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme Esclave Mahometane, c1797

Kadi of the Islamic slaves in Malta, 1778. Creator: Louis Ducros
Kadi of the Islamic slaves in Malta, 1778. Kadi (Islamic judge) smoking a pipe. Drawing from the album Voyage to Italy, Sicily and Malta

Costumes de Différents Pays, Esclave du Mexique, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Esclave du Mexique, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Marchand d'Esclaves de Gorée, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Marchand d'Esclaves de Goree, c1797

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