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Freedmen Collection

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

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Black Empire, Seattle, 1938. Creator: Unknown

Black Empire, Seattle, 1938. Creator: Unknown
Black Empire, Seattle, 1938. Federal Theatre...The Black Magic of Haiti in teh story of the only man Napoleon feared..."Black Empire" by Christine Ames...'

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Black Empire, Seattle, 1938. Creator: Unknown

Black Empire, Seattle, 1938. Creator: Unknown
Black Empire, Seattle, 1938. Federal Theatre...The Black Magic of Haiti in teh story of the only man Napoleon feared..."Black Empire" by Christine Ames...'

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Office of the Freedmen's Bureau, Memphis, Tennessee, 1866. Creator: Unknown

Office of the Freedmen's Bureau, Memphis, Tennessee, 1866. Creator: Unknown
Office of the Freedmen's Bureau, Memphis, Tennessee, 1866

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Freedmen voting in New Orleans, 1867. Creator: Unknown

Freedmen voting in New Orleans, 1867. Creator: Unknown
Freedmen voting in New Orleans, 1867

Background imageFreedmen Collection: The 'Abraham Lincoln school' for freedmen, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1866-04-21. Creator: Unknown

The "Abraham Lincoln school" for freedmen, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1866-04-21. Creator: Unknown
The "Abraham Lincoln school" for freedmen, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1866-04-21

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1887. Creator: Unknown

Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1887. Francois Dominique Toussaint-Louverture, Haitian revolutionary leader and general, was born enslaved on the French colony of Saint-Domingue, now known as Haiti

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Caius Furius Cressinus Accused of Sorcery, 1792. Creator: Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours

Caius Furius Cressinus Accused of Sorcery, 1792. Creator: Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours
Caius Furius Cressinus Accused of Sorcery, 1792

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Colored Pickets on Duty Near Dutch Gap, 1864. Creator: E. & H. T. Anthony

Colored Pickets on Duty Near Dutch Gap, 1864. Creator: E. & H. T. Anthony
Black soldiers aiming rifles in a scene from the American Civil War. Dutch Gap refers to a Canal dug during the Civil War to cut off a bend in the James River controlled by Confederate forts

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Emancipated Slaves, from 'Le Journal Illustre', July 23-30, 1865

Emancipated Slaves, from "Le Journal Illustre", July 23-30, 1865
Emancipated Slaves, from " Le Journal Illustre", July 23-30, 1865

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Emancipated Slaves Brought from Louisiana by Colonel George H. Banks, December 1863

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

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Our Scouts and Guides in 1863 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863

Our Scouts and Guides in 1863 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Laborers at Quartermasters Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia, 1863-65

Laborers at Quartermasters Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia, 1863-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Background imageFreedmen Collection: Second century Roman bronze plaque with a dedication to Feronia

Second century Roman bronze plaque with a dedication to Feronia
Roman bronze plaque with a dedication to Feronia, a goddess worshipped by freedmen and freedwomen. This plaque was dedicated in fulfillment of a vow by Hedone


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