Abolitionism Collection

The Cotton Pickers Cabin, 1880s. Creator: Walker, William Aiken (1828-1921)
The Cotton Pickers Cabin, 1880s. Private Collection

Medallion Produced For The Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, c1787-1790

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

A slave catcher (Capitão do mato)
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"
Negresses de Rio-Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

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

Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil"
Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

The Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech, 1876. The monument, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott

Portrait of an English slave trader, 17th century. Private Collection

Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1906. Creator: Dellepiane, David (1866-1932)
Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1906. Private Collection

Je compte sur vous pour signer, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Je compte sur vous pour signer, 19th century. Philanthropists of the Day - I'm counting on you to sign my petition for the abolition of the death penalty

Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1922. Creator: Cappiello, Leonetto (1875-1942)
Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1922. Private Collection

Paul and Virginie Furnishing Fabric, Nantes, 1800 / 10. Creator: Unknown
Paul and Virginie Furnishing Fabric, Nantes, 1800/10. Engraved by Charles Melchior Descourtis after Jean Michel Moreau, based on the story by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

The Freedman, 1862-63. Creator: John Quincy Adams Ward
The Freedman, 1862-63. A freed slave with shackles broken, modelled from life, considered to be one of the first naturalistic sculptural representations of an African American

The washing of diamonds, Curralinho, 1823-1831. Creator: Meier (Meyer), E
The washing of diamonds, Curralinho. From: Reise in Brasilien by Johann Baptist Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp Martius, 1823-1831. Private Collection

The colonies cannot flourish under the German government, because the ink dries... 1903
The colonies cannot flourish under the German government, because the ink dries up too quickly in the tropics, 1903. Private Collection

Black women from Rio de Janeiro. From "Malerische Reise in Brasilien", 1835
Black women from Rio de Janeiro. From " Malerische Reise in Brasilien", 1835. Private Collection

Landscape in Brazil with Sugar Plantation, 1660. Creator: Post, Frans Jansz. (1612-1680)
Landscape in Brazil with Sugar Plantation, 1660. Found in the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The sugar mill. From Malerische Reise in Brasilien, 1830-1835. Creator: Rugendas
The sugar mill. From " Malerische Reise in Brasilien", 1830-1835. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Brasil

Preparation of mandioca roots. From Malerische Reise in Brasilien, 1830-1835
Preparation of mandioca roots. From " Malerische Reise in Brasilien", 1830-1835. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Brasil

Mozambicans. From Malerische Reise in Brasilien, 1830-1835. Creator: Rugendas
Mozambicans. From " Malerische Reise in Brasilien", 1830-1835. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Brasil

Shop for selling slaves, 1835. Creator: Debret, Jean-Baptiste (1768-1848)
Shop for selling slaves, 1835. Private Collection

Slaves process sugar cane and make sugar. Creator: Aa, Pieter van der (1659-1733)
Slaves process sugar cane and make sugar. Private Collection

Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave, 1793. Creator: Blake, William (1757-1827)
Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave, 1793. Private Collection

A Lady going to Visit, 1816. Creator: Anonymous
A Lady going to Visit, 1816. Private Collection

The Paris Colonial Exhibition (Exposition coloniale internationale), 1931. Creator: Dransy
The Paris Colonial Exhibition (Exposition coloniale internationale), 1931. Private Collection

Baptism of black slaves, 1757. Creator: Anonymous
Baptism of black slaves, 1757. Private Collection

Slaves attempt to overcome their Spanish owners, but are captured and hanged from trees, 1595. Private Collection

Slaves process sugar cane and make sugar, 1595. Creator: Bry, Theodor de (1528-1598)
Slaves process sugar cane and make sugar, 1595. Private Collection

Spanish soldiers observe and carry out the punishment of a slave, 1595. Creator: Bry
Spanish soldiers observe and carry out the punishment of a slave who is flogged and has pitch poured on his wounds, 1595. Private Collection

Slaves pour ore in front of European soldiers. In the background, slaves work in the mines, 1595. Private Collection

Diagram of a slave ship, 1821. Creator: Anonymous
Diagram of a slave ship, 1821. Private Collection

Retour, a la ville, d un proprietaire de chacra, 1835. Creator: Debret, Jean-Baptiste
Retour, a la ville, d un proprie taire de chacra, 1835. Private Collection

Portrait of the poet Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784), 1773. Creator: Anonymous
Portrait of the poet Phillis Wheatley (c.1753-1784), 1773. Private Collection

A Planter and his Wife on a Journey, 1816. Creator: Anonymous
A Planter and his Wife on a Journey, 1816. Private Collection

Uprising of the black slaves in Jamaica in 1760, 1800. Creator: David, Francois-Anne
Uprising of the black slaves in Jamaica in 1760, 1800. Private Collection

Man sells a slave woman, 1775. Creator: Anonymous
Man sells a slave woman, 1775. Private Collection

Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration …, c. 1844
Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration or Importing the Fair Sex from Savage Islands in Consequence of Importing all our own to Australia!, pub. C. 1844 (hand coloured engraving)

Philanthropic Consolations after the loss of the Slave Bill, 1796
Philanthropic Consolations after the loss of the Slave Bill, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engraving)

The Cotton Wagon, 1880s. Private Collection

Queen Nzinga with Military Entourage, Kingdom of Matamba, Angola (From: Manoscritti Araldi), Between 1665 and 1668. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena

Slaves working in the sweet potato fields on the Hopkinson plantation, 1862. Found in the Collection of Library of Congress, Washington D. C

Slaves in the cellar of a slave boat, c. 1830. Found in the Collection of Instituto Itau Cultural

Exhibition Samoa. Our new fellow countrymen, 1901. Private Collection

Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848. Found in the collection of Musee de l Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles

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