emancipation

Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garri...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson writes about celebrations for the anniversary of Emancipation Day in the British West Indies on August 1st made by the London Emancipation Committee. He... More

Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garri...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson writes about celebrations for the anniversary of Emancipation Day in the British West Indies on August 1st made by the London Emancipation Committee. He... More

Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garri...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson writes about celebrations for the anniversary of Emancipation Day in the British West Indies on August 1st made by the London Emancipation Committee. He... More

Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Boston, Massachusetts, October 30th 186...

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Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid...

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J. F. Bullitt, W. E. Hughes, and C. Ripley to Joshua F. Speed, Friday,...

Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, St. Mary's Lake, [Battle Creek, Michi...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Clarke Wright sends a number of materials for inclusion in the Liberator, including a letter from Henry Willis, a letter Wright had published in the Battle Creek ... More

Writing the Emancipation Proclamation (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck (American (born Germany), Augsburg 1828–1912 Baltimore, Maryland)

Who is responsible for the war? Who accountable for its horrors and de...

Extracts from a speech by Alexander H. Stephens (now Vice-President of the Confederate States), delivered in the Secession Convention of Georgia, on the 31st day of January, 1861. Who commenced the war?… catalo... More

Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1861

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Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Boston, Massachusetts, October 30th 186...

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Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 31, 1862 (Ema...

Boston Clergymen to Abraham Lincoln, September 1862 (Petition support...

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William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 30, 1862 (Rec...

Francis A. Hoffman to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 25, 1862 (...

Alfred Cope and Ernst W. Cope to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, August 02,...

Henry Ward Beecher to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 16, 1862 (Tel...

[Preliminary emancipation proclamation.] during American Civil War

William B. Campbell and Jordan Stokes to Emerson Etheridge, Tuesday, D...

Proclamation of Emancipation. Variant preliminary printing.

James W. Stone to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 23, 1862 (Teleg...

John D. Defrees to John G. Nicolay, Wednesday, December 17, 1862 (Ema...

Proclamation of emancipation. The second Declaration of Independence! ...

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Eliza S. Quincy to Mary Todd Lincoln, Friday, January 02, 1863 (Celeb...

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William J. Nicholls to James L. Ridgely, Saturday, December 19, 1863 ...

The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave w...

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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

"Emancipation Day in South Carolina" - the Color-Sergeant of the 1st...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 15, no. 382 (1863 Jan. 24), p. 276.

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

The Freedman, bronze, American art collection

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Emancipation of the Negroes – The Past and the Future (from Harper's W...

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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Emancipation proclamation, [folded broadside].

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

The emancipation of the negroes, January, 1863 - The past and the futu...

Below rays of "Emancipation," a scene of African Americans enjoying a comfortable home life is flanked by scenes of the past, including the selling and abuse of slaves, and scenes of the future, including educa... More

[Trial issue of the Emancipation proclamation.]

This is one of only twelve known copies of the first printing, or "trial issue", of the Proclamation. It preceded the final form, fifty copies of which are known to have been printed, and signed by President Lincoln.

An address to the people of the free states by the President of the So...

The famous fake reply to the Emancipation Proclamation, probably printed in the North.

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

A contrast ... The end of the rebellion ... General Butler on loyalty ...

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Isaac N. Arnold to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 13, 1863 (Reques...

Partial letter from Joseph Ricketson, [New York?], to Deborah Weston, ...

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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his times in England before the Civil War. He writes an analysis of the reasons for going to war and remarks, "The relation of the states to the Federa... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Mary Anne Estl...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his domestic, parochial, and public affairs. He writes of the National Freedman's Relief Association's plans. When the American Civil War ends, he hope... More

John M. Schofield to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 20, 1863 (Telegr...

[Paine copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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Abraham Lincoln to Thomas B. Bryan, Monday, January 18, 1864 (Facsimi...

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation.]

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Emancipation Proclamation / del., lith. and print. by L. Lipman, Milwa...

Print shows at center the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom... More

[Paine copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Copy 2.]

Done entirely with steel pens and ordinary writing ink, by J. E. Paine, Brooklyn, New York.

The New Year's address of the Newsmen of the New York Herald.

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[A. Kidder Proclamation of Emancipation.]

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Letter from Charles Augustus Stackpole, Portland, [Maine], to William ...

C.A. Stackpole writes to William Lloyd Garrison enclosing money (not included) to pay for two subscriptions to the Liberator and a copy of "Saturday's Press containing the proceedings of the Emancipation jublie... More

Letter from Charles Augustus Stackpole, Portland, [Maine], to William ...

C.A. Stackpole writes to William Lloyd Garrison enclosing money (not included) to pay for two subscriptions to the Liberator and a copy of "Saturday's Press containing the proceedings of the Emancipation jublie... More

Letter from Charles Augustus Stackpole, Portland, [Maine], to William ...

C.A. Stackpole writes to William Lloyd Garrison enclosing money (not included) to pay for two subscriptions to the Liberator and a copy of "Saturday's Press containing the proceedings of the Emancipation jublie... More

[Miniature emancipation proclamation.]

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[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]

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Letter from Charles Augustus Stackpole, Portland, [Maine], to William ...

C.A. Stackpole writes to William Lloyd Garrison enclosing money (not included) to pay for two subscriptions to the Liberator and a copy of "Saturday's Press containing the proceedings of the Emancipation jublie... More

Abraham Lincoln to John A. J. Creswell, Thursday, March 17, 1864 (Ema...

First emancipation proclamation, [Facsimile.] during American Civil Wa...

This original and draft of the first Emancipation Proclamation as described below by the Assistant Secretary of State was presented to the Albany Army Relief Bazaar in Feb. 1864, and brought the sum of $1,000 f... More

Letter from Richard Plumer, Newburyport, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Gar...

Richard Plumer, writing on the behalf of many undersigned fellow citizens of Newburyport, invites William Lloyd Garrison to deliver an address in Newburyport in celebration of the ratification and passage of th... More

W. L. Lovelace to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 11, 1865 (Teleg...

Proclamation emancipation, [Smith/Rosenthal].

[Swander Bishop & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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Emancipation proclamation issued January 1st, 1863, [G. R. Russell].

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[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]

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1861-1863; Proclamation of emancipation by the President of the United...

Letter from Richard Plumer, Newburyport, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Gar...

Richard Plumer notifies William Lloyd Garrison that he has received the latter's letter, and that he has reserved the Hall for the "Eve of the 22d". Plumer states that he visited Mr. Luther in Amesbury, who has... More

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 3.]

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Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid...

Letter from Richard Plumer, Newburyport, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Gar...

Richard Plumer notifies William Lloyd Garrison that he has received the latter's letter, and that he has reserved the Hall for the "Eve of the 22d". Plumer states that he visited Mr. Luther in Amesbury, who has... More

Roll call of the House of Representatives' vote on the Thirteenth Amen...

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

Celebration of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia by...

Page includes two illustrations showing African Americans celebrating the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C. and portrait of Henry A. Smythe, newly appointed Collector of Customs of New York; also include... More

[W. H. Pratt copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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[W. H. Pratt copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Copy 3.]

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Emancipation - Public domain engraving

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[W. H. Pratt copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Copy 2.]

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[B. B. Russell & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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Letter from Joseph Cooper, Walthamstow, [England], to William Lloyd Ga...

Joseph Cooper informs William Lloyd Garrison that the battle to "promote the great work of Emancipation in Spain and Brazil" continues apace with their full energies and efforts. Cooper notes that an encouragin... More

[First edition of the emancipation proclamation.]

Letter from Mary G. Clarke, Sandwich, Ill, to William Lloyd Garrison, ...

'He agreed to give me my manumission papers.'

Emancipation Proclamation - Newspaper, public domain, Library of Congr...

[J. S. Smith & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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map from "The Emancipation of South America. Being a condensed transla...

This image has been taken from scan 000075 from "The Emancipation of South America. Being a condensed translation by W. Pilling of the “History of San Martin” ... With maps". The title and subject terms of this... More