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Racism Collection (page 6)

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

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

Background imageRacism 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, 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

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

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

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

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Retour, a la ville, d un proprietaire de chacra, 1835. Creator: Debret, Jean-Baptiste

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Martin Luther King (1929-1968), Protestant clergyman, leader of the nonviolent fight

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Massacre of Jews in Barcelona (1391), drawing, 1920

Massacre of Jews in Barcelona (1391), drawing, 1920

Background imageRacism Collection: Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane

Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
Best 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

Background imageRacism Collection: The branded back of Reverend Orrin Van Loon, Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 1924. Artist

The branded back of Reverend Orrin Van Loon, Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 1924. Artist
The branded back of Reverend Orrin Van Loon, Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 1924. Reverend Orrin Van Loon, pastor of Berkley Community Church

Background imageRacism Collection: Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Brunswick, Maryland, USA, c1920s(?). Artist

Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Brunswick, Maryland, USA, c1920s(?). Artist
Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Brunswick, Maryland, USA, c1920s(?). The second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1915

Background imageRacism Collection: Two white men stoning an African American to death, 1919

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Gerald LK Smith with Dr Francis E Townsend flanking Father Charles Coughlin, 1936

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)

Background imageRacism Collection: Jack Johnson, American boxer, 1910

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

Background imageRacism Collection: The Cotton Wagon, 1880s

The Cotton Wagon, 1880s. Private Collection

Background imageRacism Collection: Queen Nzinga with Military Entourage, Kingdom of Matamba, Angola (From: Manoscritti Araldi)

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Slaves working in the sweet potato fields on the Hopkinson plantation, 1862

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Slaves in the cellar of a slave boat, c. 1830

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Exhibition Samoa. Our new fellow countrymen, 1901

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Colored People Not Allowed on This Line, 1863. Artist: Brown, John George (1831-1913)

Colored People Not Allowed on This Line, 1863. Artist: Brown, John George (1831-1913)
Colored People Not Allowed on This Line, 1863. Private Collection

Background imageRacism 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. Artist: Frost, Arthur Burdett (1851-1928)
Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket, 1876. From a private collection

Background imageRacism Collection: King Alfred in the Danish Camp, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe

King Alfred in the Danish Camp, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
King 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

Background imageRacism Collection: Miss Nomer, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank

Miss Nomer, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
Miss Nomer, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

Background imageRacism Collection: Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, 1908 (1951)

Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, 1908 (1951). Nicknamed the Galveston Giant, Jack Johnson (1878-1946)

Background imageRacism Collection: The Sassoon Hospital for Europeans, Pune (Poona), India, early 20th century

The Sassoon Hospital for Europeans, Pune (Poona), India, early 20th century

Background imageRacism Collection: Boers and Kaffirs, Cape Colony, South Africa, 19th century. Artist: Pranishnikoff

Boers and Kaffirs, Cape Colony, South Africa, 19th century. Artist: Pranishnikoff
Boers and Kaffirs, Cape Colony, South Africa, 19th century. Racist portrayal of Dutch settlers and Africans

Background imageRacism Collection: Negro Senators in Congress - Washington, 1868

Negro Senators in Congress - Washington, 1868. From Treasury of Literature, 1 August 1868

Background imageRacism Collection: Mongolian Races, 19th century

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Washing The Blackamoor, 1795. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank

Washing The Blackamoor, 1795. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
Washing 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

Background imageRacism Collection: The Banquet of the Black Dolls, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank

The Banquet of the Black Dolls, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
The 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

Background imageRacism Collection: Death and the Jew, an episode from the Dance of Death, 1441, (1870)

Death and the Jew, an episode from the Dance of Death, 1441, (1870). Taken from a painting in the Cemetery of the Dominicans, Basle

Background imageRacism Collection: The Lynching in a prison of a black man and the assassination of a white woman tied to him, 1902

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Base of the skull, 1848

Base of the skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)

Background imageRacism Collection: Three types of human skull, 1848

Three types of human skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)

Background imageRacism Collection: Lateral view of the skull or profile, 1848

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

Background imageRacism Collection: The vertical configuration of the skull, 1848

The vertical configuration of the skull, 1848. Comparison of Caucasian, Mongole, Negro and Titicacan skulls. During the 19th century

Background imageRacism Collection: Blackville, 1878. Artist: Solomon Eytinge

Blackville, 1878. Artist: Solomon Eytinge
Blackville, 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

Background imageRacism Collection: Police Charge Rioters At The Tribune Office, c1860s

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Slaves Celebrating Liberation, c1860s

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Iron Shipbuilding, 1873

Iron Shipbuilding, 1873. Joseph d Aguilar Samuda (1813-1885), British mechanical engineer and naval architect. In partnership with his brother Jacob (d1844)

Background imageRacism Collection: Dark Artillery; or, How to Make the Contrabands Useful, American Civil War, 1861

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

Background imageRacism Collection: Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Artist: George Cruikshank

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Artist: George Cruikshank
Scene 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

Background imageRacism Collection: Comparison of Germanic and African skulls, early 19th century

Comparison of Germanic and African skulls, early 19th century. 1: Germanic skull with all the marks of a European head. 2: African skull

Background imageRacism Collection: The Russian Wolf and The Hebrew Lamb, cartoon from Punch, 1890

The Russian Wolf and The Hebrew Lamb, cartoon from Punch, 1890
The Russian Wolf and The Hebrew Lamb, cartoon from Punch, London, 20 December 1890, commenting on the persecution of Jews in Russia

Background imageRacism Collection: Five types of the human race, late 19th century

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)



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