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eceipt for $1235.00 for sale of Albert to S.O. Wood, Receipt for $1,31...

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Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

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Comparative table of populations in the Province of New York, 1703-171...

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An account of the families of Germans settled on Hudson's River in the...

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An account of the number of people in the Province of New York, A.D. 1...

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Relation d'une conspiration tramée par les nègres : dans l'îsle de S. ...

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Appraisal of Property -- Samuel Turner Estate. [Appraisal of slaves fr...

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Statistics of the population of the Province of New York, 1647-1774. [...

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Revolutionary War [Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Se...

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Lafayette, James Armistead [Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's or...

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A vindication of the rights of woman, Pp. 414-415, Ch. 13

Mary Wollstonecraft - A vindication of the rights of woman, P. 435

Begins "I certify that negro named Jenny is at liberty to hire herself...

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Begins "I John Gassaway register of wills..."

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Letter begins, "We William Bryan Anderson Rice and Matthew Rice being ...

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Freedom paper for Noah Powers. - Public domain document scan

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Certificate from County of NY of manumission for John Moore, dated Apr...

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Letter stating that $500 was paid for the purchase of Joseph Boswell, ...

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Certificate by City and County of New York for Peter Seaman, dated Apr...

Receipt for African American slave

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Aprais [Appraisal]; Bill of the Estate of John Epperson.

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Aprais [Appraisal]; Bill of the Estate of John Epperson.

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State's conveyance of $500 to Edmund Bacon for slave, Maria.

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Official Decree Issued in Mendoza, Argentina

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[Manumission certificate for William Steward, mariner granted citizens...

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[Will and testament of Daniel Juzan.]

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[Will and testament of Daniel Juzan.]

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Black Society of the Tauza Nation, Argentina

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Fletcher, Elizabeth [Affadavit certifying that Elizabeth Fletcher is a...

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Partial letter from Caroline Weston to Anne Warren Weston, [1836?]

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Letter from Angelina Emily Grimkè, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Queen o...

Sarah Moore Grimkè and Angelina Emily Grimkè write to Queen Victoria regarding human rights and slavery.They discuss their upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina and discuss the rise of anti-slavery societies... More

Letter from Angelina Emily Grimkè, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Queen o...

Sarah Moore Grimkè and Angelina Emily Grimkè write to Queen Victoria regarding human rights and slavery.They discuss their upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina and discuss the rise of anti-slavery societies... More

Letter from Angelina Emily Grimkè, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Queen o...

Sarah Moore Grimkè and Angelina Emily Grimkè write to Queen Victoria regarding human rights and slavery.They discuss their upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina and discuss the rise of anti-slavery societies... More

Letter from Angelina Emily Grimkè, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Queen o...

Sarah Moore Grimkè and Angelina Emily Grimkè write to Queen Victoria regarding human rights and slavery.They discuss their upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina and discuss the rise of anti-slavery societies... More

List of estate items, including slaves. Top reads 'And appraisement Bi...

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Letter from Sophia Davenport, St. Louis, [Missouri], to Caroline Westo...

Sophia Davenport writes to Caroline Weston in regards to her position as a governess in the home of the widow of General Ashley. She writes that this family is "one of the most affectionate, warm-hearted famili... More

Letter from Sophia Davenport, St. Louis, [Missouri], to Anne Warren We...

Sophia Davenport writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to a brief survey of her eighteen-day journey to Missouri. She recalls a conversation with a Virginian, Mr. Shepherd, and other abolitionists from Ohio a... More

Letter from William Adam, Cambridge, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman,...

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Letter from Mary Weston to Deborah Weston, Friday 26 July [1839?]

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Extract of a letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], July 26...

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Letter from Mary Wigham, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Maria Weston Chapma...

Mary Wigham writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to re-opening correspondence with her which was discontinued by her predecessor. She writes of support from fellow laborers from "this side of the atlantic.... More

[Letter from abolitionist soliciting for Cradle of Liberty distributor...

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[Letter from abolitionist soliciting for Cradle of Liberty distributor...

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Schematic drawing of an English slave ship, possibly the Brookes, show...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Elizabeth Pease ...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Elizabeth Pease ...

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Letter from Deborah Weston, [Boston, Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Mo...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Elizabeth Pease ...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Elizabeth Pease ...

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Letter from Richard Hildreth, Demerara, [Guyana, South America], to Ca...

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Letter from Francis Mary Harris Robbins, Brush Hill, Milton, [Massachu...

Frances Mary (Harris) Robbins writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to being anxious for news in her country solitude. Her society met last night at Dr. Palmer's, " and a very good time we had." Dr. Palmer di... More

Letter from Esther Sturge, New K[en]t Road, London, [England], to Mari...

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Bill of sale of slaves to settle estate debt. Top of letter says "Cole...

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Letter from Placide, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, J...

Writing under the nom de plume of "Placide", the author addresses William Lloyd Garrison to present a "candid statement" on the "late insurrection" in the Charleston Work House, as well as to highlight the "doi... More

Street seller of bird's nests - London Labour and the London Poor ency...

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Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Brunswick, [Maine], to Gamaliel Bai...

Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to Gamaliel Bailey in regards to writing a new story which will "give lights and shadows of the patriarchal institution." She writes of the evils of slavery. She writes of her admir... More

The street dog-seller - London Labour and the London Poor encyclopaedi...

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The Groundsel Man "Click-we[o?]d and Grun sell!"

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Poster warning Blacks in Boston - kidnappers.

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Receipt for $12,500 for slave purchase. Top reads 'Received December 1...

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Slave traders branding an African woman at the Rio Pongo (in Guinea, W...

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View of chained African slaves in cargo hold of slave ship, measuring ...

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Letter from Theodore Parker, Santa Cruz, [California], to Francis Jack...

Theodore Parker writes to Francis Jackson in regards to his health. He writes, "If I don't get better here you must make up your mind to let me go for if the air of Santa Cruz does not help me nothing will or c... More

Manumission certificate for Nathan Johnson from "State of Maryland, Ba...

Slavery tax receipts for State of Virginia : 1860 and 1862. For Peter ...

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Davidson, F. L., [Note from Davidson of Water Valley, offering his sla...

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Bill of sale for 3 slaves sold to Jacob Adler in Jonesboro for $4500.

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Doctor's certificate on death of slave Laurens while in the service of...

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Petition for compensation for slave impressed into military service ; ...

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Certification of witnesses that Laurens was worth $2,000; April 6, 186...

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Owner's proof on claim for slave lost in public service, December 4, 1...

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Original receipt for $2,000 compensation obtained by L. Warren Nelson;...

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[A valuation on Larens, a slave, by a witness who knew him; December 4...

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Thompson, Alfred. [Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryl...

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The street girl's end - Engraving, Public domain image

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Toussaint L'Ouverture. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Cissereitta [Sisseretta] Jones; [Black Patti.]

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Rosa Parks Papers: Oversize, 1900-2006; Subject File; Rosa and Raymond...

The slave - Public domain portrait print

In ancient Rome, the beautiful Nerada is courted by Deletius, a wealthy patrician, but she marries the sculptor Alachus instead. Several years later, the sculptor's family is in dire straits, their child dying ... More

Black Mammy. Tempsie Staton, North Carolina.

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Map showing comparison between the Jewish population of New York and t...

South Boston Lithuanians, 1920-1921 : an area impression map of social...

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Inga Bjørnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo.

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Inga Bjørnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo.

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Inga Bjørnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo.

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Inga Bjørnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo.

Inga Bjørnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo.

Inga Björnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo. Her i Herslebs gate.

Inga Björnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo. Her i Herslebs gate.

Inga Bjørnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo. Her i Herslebsgate.

Inga Bjørnson på utflukt med barn fra Oslo. Her i Herslebsgate.

And so they live - movie film screenshot

Film depicts white rural poverty in Kentucky and the quality of children's education. Narrator: Storrs Haynes. Commentary revised by Edwin Locke ; music by Lee Grön. Filmed in Kentucky in 1940. Source used: Na... More

Population - 1647; Gov. Stuyvesant to the States General; An account o...

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Bill of sale for mulatto man for $1000. Top reads 'The state of South ...

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List of estate items with slaves at bottom of second page. Top reads "...

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List of estate items with slaves at bottom of second page. Top reads "...

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[Caltilda Downes; Barbados Passport.]

Amount of the value of the imports and exports from and to New York, f...

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An abstract of the whole amount of duties of the several commodities h...

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Number of Negroes imported from 1701 - 1726; An acco't of what Negro s...

An account of the annual amount of the imports and exports from and to...

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Nancy - A woman of colour or negro

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Auction and Brokerage Business Opening

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