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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: BrySpanish 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: AnonymousDiagram of a slave ship, 1821. Private Collection
Retour, a la ville, d un proprietaire de chacra, 1835. Creator: Debret, Jean-BaptisteRetour, a la ville, d un proprie taire de chacra, 1835. Private Collection
Portrait of the poet Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784), 1773. Creator: AnonymousPortrait of the poet Phillis Wheatley (c.1753-1784), 1773. Private Collection
A Planter and his Wife on a Journey, 1816. Creator: AnonymousA Planter and his Wife on a Journey, 1816. Private Collection
Uprising of the black slaves in Jamaica in 1760, 1800. Creator: David, Francois-AnneUprising of the black slaves in Jamaica in 1760, 1800. Private Collection
Man sells a slave woman, 1775. Creator: AnonymousMan sells a slave woman, 1775. Private Collection
Martin Luther King (1929-1968), Protestant clergyman, leader of the nonviolent fight against racial discrimination, during the conference in Norway when receiving the Nobel Prize of Peace in 1964
Massacre of Jews in Barcelona (1391), drawing, 1920
Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. Artist: Theodore LaneBest Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. A man wearing a spiked barrel, marked By Your Leave. Possibly a derogatory comment on the Irish, as he is wearing green, and carries a wooden club
The branded back of Reverend Orrin Van Loon, Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 1924. ArtistThe branded back of Reverend Orrin Van Loon, Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 1924. Reverend Orrin Van Loon, pastor of Berkley Community Church
Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Brunswick, Maryland, USA, c1920s(?). ArtistKu Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Brunswick, Maryland, USA, c1920s(?). The second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1915
Two white men stoning an African American to death, 1919, USA. Between 1910 and 1930, 4.1 million African Americans moved from the Southern states to the cities of the North
Gerald LK Smith with Dr Francis E Townsend flanking Father Charles Coughlin, 1936. Left to right: Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976); Father Charles Edward Coughlin (1891-1979)
Jack Johnson, American boxer, 1910. Nicknamed the Galveston Giant, Jack Johnson (1878-1946) became world champion in 1908 when he defeated Canadas Tommy Burns in Sydney
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
Colored People Not Allowed on This Line, 1863. Artist: Brown, John George (1831-1913)Colored People Not Allowed on This Line, 1863. Private Collection
Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket, 1876. Artist: Frost, Arthur Burdett (1851-1928)Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket, 1876. From a private collection
King Alfred in the Danish Camp, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong SeccombeKing Alfred in the Danish Camp, c1884. Alfred was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871-899 AD. Here, Alfred, in disguise, sings in the camp of Guthrum the Danish king
Miss Nomer, 1829. Artist: George CruikshankMiss Nomer, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]
Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, 1908 (1951). Nicknamed the Galveston Giant, Jack Johnson (1878-1946)
The Sassoon Hospital for Europeans, Pune (Poona), India, early 20th century
Boers and Kaffirs, Cape Colony, South Africa, 19th century. Artist: PranishnikoffBoers and Kaffirs, Cape Colony, South Africa, 19th century. Racist portrayal of Dutch settlers and Africans
Negro Senators in Congress - Washington, 1868. From Treasury of Literature, 1 August 1868
Mongolian Races, 19th century. Examples of ethnic type: Circassian, Malay, Chinese, Caffre, Negro. Victorians were keen on putting people into racial categories, many of which are now deemed offensive
Washing The Blackamoor, 1795. Artist: Isaac CruikshankWashing The Blackamoor, 1795. You may as well attempt to remove the Island of Jersey to the Hightest Mountain in Wales. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century
The Banquet of the Black Dolls, 19th century. Artist: George CruikshankThe Banquet of the Black Dolls - In commemoration of the Reduction of the Duty on Rags, 19th century. Pate de Horse Shoes, Omelette de Old Iron, Bones Boile, Plomb (ie Lead) Pudding
Death and the Jew, an episode from the Dance of Death, 1441, (1870). Taken from a painting in the Cemetery of the Dominicans, Basle
The Lynching in a prison of a black man and the assassination of a white woman tied to him, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th December 1902
Base of the skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)
Three types of human skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)
Lateral view of the skull or profile, 1848. Comparison of the skulls of European and African humans with those of the chimpanzee and orang-utan
The vertical configuration of the skull, 1848. Comparison of Caucasian, Mongole, Negro and Titicacan skulls. During the 19th century
Blackville, 1878. Artist: Solomon EytingeBlackville, 1878. Part of a series: a post-emancipation debate on Darwinism. African Americans are here caricatured in a racist fashion as illiterate and ape-like
Police Charge Rioters At The Tribune Office, c1860s. In 1863, during the American Civil War, opponents of conscription rioted at the offices of the Daily Tribune in New York
Slaves Celebrating Liberation, c1860s. A racist depiction of slaves at the mansion of Robert W Barnwell, Confederate leader. The music on the piano is upside-down, ridiculling their illiteracy
Iron Shipbuilding, 1873. Joseph d Aguilar Samuda (1813-1885), British mechanical engineer and naval architect. In partnership with his brother Jacob (d1844)
Dark Artillery; or, How to Make the Contrabands Useful, American Civil War, 1861. Contrabands were Negro slaves who had escaped or been brought across Union (northern) lines
Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Artist: George CruikshankScene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Time has run out for Fagin, head of the gang of thieves with whom Oliver Twist becomes embroiled
Comparison of Germanic and African skulls, early 19th century. 1: Germanic skull with all the marks of a European head. 2: African skull
The Russian Wolf and The Hebrew Lamb, cartoon from Punch, 1890The Russian Wolf and The Hebrew Lamb, cartoon from Punch, London, 20 December 1890, commenting on the persecution of Jews in Russia
Five types of the human race, late 19th century. Based on his analysis of human skulls, German physiologist and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840)