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Freedom's Journal, June 22, 1827
Schematic drawing of an English slave ship, possibly the Brookes, showing the layout of the cargo hold areas for transporting African slaves

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

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John Gassett. - Public domain portrait print

John Gassett. - Public domain portrait print

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Bertha Henry. - Public domain portrait print

Bertha Henry. - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sallie. - Public domain portrait drawing Cartes de visite
[Full-length studio portrait of unidentified man.]

[Full-length studio portrait of unidentified man.]

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[Studio portrait of a young man.]

[Studio portrait of a young man.]

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Studio portrait of unidentified seated young man, his left arm resting on chair.]
Julius Steegall. - Public domain portrait print

Julius Steegall. - Public domain portrait print

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Robert Douglass, dyeing and cleaning business, Washington, D.C.
[Studio portrait of two young women.]

[Studio portrait of two young women.]

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[Studio portrait of unidentified seated young man, holding cap.]

[Studio portrait of unidentified seated young man, holding cap.]

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[Studio portrait of unidentified man with long sideburns and wavy hair.]

[Studio portrait of unidentified man with long sideburns and wavy hair...

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Josie Wallace. - Public domain portrait photograph

Josie Wallace. - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of a Creole gentleman. Cartes de visite

Portrait of a Creole gentleman. Cartes de visite

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Lottie Grimke - Public domain portrait print

Lottie Grimke - Public domain portrait print

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[Studio portrait of unidentified man wearing double-breasted jacket.]
S. A. Payne (Bishop Payne). - Public domain portrait print

S. A. Payne (Bishop Payne). - Public domain portrait print

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[Studio portrait of unidentified woman, arms on back of chair.]
The Greatest Colored Aggregation in the world to-day
[Studio portrait of unidentifed young man, seated on prop hay bale.]

[Studio portrait of unidentifed young man, seated on prop hay bale.]

A man laying on the ground with his feet up. A man laying on a rock with his head on the ground. Public domain postcard scan.

[Full-length portrait of man, with studio props.]
[Oval half-figure portrait of unidentified man.]

[Oval half-figure portrait of unidentified man.]

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Bishop Crowther. - Public domain portrait print

Bishop Crowther. - Public domain portrait print

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Jim Patterson. - Public domain portrait print

Jim Patterson. - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Studio portrait of unidentified  woman holding handkerchief.]

[Studio portrait of unidentified woman holding handkerchief.]

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

W.E.B Du Bois's mother, Mary Burghardt Du Bois

W.E.B Du Bois's mother, Mary Burghardt Du Bois

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Full length portrait of unidentified man.]
[Studio portrait of a young man wearing tie and stick pin.]
Poster warning Blacks in Boston - kidnappers.

Poster warning Blacks in Boston - kidnappers.

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Slave traders branding an African woman at the Rio Pongo (in Guinea, West Africa). Taken from "Captain Canot, Twenty Years of an African Slaver," published 1854

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 three feet and three inches high

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

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H. L. Esterlin to Mrs. H. & Mr. E. Harlow.

H. L. Esterlin to Mrs. H. & Mr. E. Harlow.

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Slaves building Confederate Army fortifications at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, in 1863.

Slaves building Confederate Army fortifications at James Island, Charl...

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The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.

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

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Studio portrait of John C. Napier
I sell the shadow to support the substance, Sojourner Truth.

I sell the shadow to support the substance, Sojourner Truth.

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The family of Mr. Leroy Dunn, chopping cotton in a rented field near White Plains, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941.

The family of Mr. Leroy Dunn, chopping cotton in a rented field near W...

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Albert Dogan. - Public domain portrait print

Albert Dogan. - Public domain portrait print

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[Studio protrait of unidentified man, standing, wearing long coat.]

[Studio protrait of unidentified man, standing, wearing long coat.]

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Albert Cottrell [Albert Contrell] Cartes de visite

Albert Cottrell [Albert Contrell] Cartes de visite

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Kate. - Public domain monumental decor print Cartes de visite

Kate. - Public domain monumental decor print Cartes de visite

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Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss, Feb. 1866.

Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with stu...

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July 3rd, 1868 - Public domain portrait print

July 3rd, 1868 - Public domain portrait print

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Kim & Jennie to Laura H. Fredille.

Kim & Jennie to Laura H. Fredille.

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Studio portrait of young chimney sweeps.

Studio portrait of young chimney sweeps.

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Group portrait (left to right) of composers Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, circa 1900s.

Group portrait (left to right) of composers Bob Cole, James Weldon Joh...

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[Profile portrait of unidentifed man.] Cartes de visite

[Profile portrait of unidentifed man.] Cartes de visite

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Chester, U.S. minister, Liberia. Cartes de visite

Chester, U.S. minister, Liberia. Cartes de visite

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[Three-quarter length portrait of unidentifed man.]

[Three-quarter length portrait of unidentifed man.]

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Dr. Crumwell., Washington, D.C. Cartes de visite

Dr. Crumwell., Washington, D.C. Cartes de visite

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[Portrait of seated woman wearing a headwrap.]

[Portrait of seated woman wearing a headwrap.]

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[Unidentified young woman wearing gloves, leaning on prop fence.]

[Unidentified young woman wearing gloves, leaning on prop fence.]

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Your friend, Jno. H. Smith. - Public domain portrait print
Journalist, abolitionist and civil rights advocate Philip A. Bell

Journalist, abolitionist and civil rights advocate Philip A. Bell

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Booker T. Washington, educator - Public domain portrait print

Booker T. Washington, educator - Public domain portrait print

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Rev. B. G. Sayers, 1881. - Public domain portrait print
Portrait of Judge William J. Whipper

Portrait of Judge William J. Whipper

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Great Barrington High School, Class of 1884

Great Barrington High School, Class of 1884

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Fisk University Class of 1888 - Public domain historic place print

Fisk University Class of 1888 - Public domain historic place print

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Jan Matzeliger portrait collection

Jan Matzeliger portrait collection

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Archibald and Francis Grimké - Public domain portrait print

Archibald and Francis Grimké - Public domain portrait print

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Group portrait of U. S. Senator Hiram Revels and family

Group portrait of U. S. Senator Hiram Revels and family

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Portrait of head waiter and restaurant manager Hiram S. Thomas

Portrait of head waiter and restaurant manager Hiram S. Thomas

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The Philomathean Society of Central High School, Dayton, Ohio, showing Paul Laurence Dunbar (top row, at left) and Harry M. Lydenberg (bottom row, third from right)

The Philomathean Society of Central High School, Dayton, Ohio, showing...

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Lottie Grimke. - Public domain portrait print

Lottie Grimke. - Public domain portrait print

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[Dr. Davis, who was educated in Aberdeen, Scotland.]
A group of men standing next to each other, Arkansas cotton pickers - early morning.

A group of men standing next to each other, Arkansas cotton pickers - ...

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View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939.

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, ped...

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Portrait of Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, bibliophile.

Portrait of Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, bibliophile.

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Founding members of the Niagara Movement

Founding members of the Niagara Movement

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Philip A. Payton, Jr., President and General Manager of the Afro-American Realty Company

Philip A. Payton, Jr., President and General Manager of the Afro-Ameri...

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Federal Theatre Project, Negro Theatre, Sign Painting department, headed by Tipp Beavers. Workshop employees producing posters, display letters, and a cardboard ark, for various New York-based Federal Theatre productions, 1936

Federal Theatre Project, Negro Theatre, Sign Painting department, head...

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Group of Klansmen surround freedman Gus (played by white actor Walter Long in blackface) in a scene from director D. W. Griffith's 1915 motion picture "The Birth of a Nation."

Group of Klansmen surround freedman Gus (played by white actor Walter ...

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Evelyn Preer in a scene from The Homesteader

Evelyn Preer in a scene from The Homesteader

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Charles Lucas and Iris Hall in a scene from The Homesteader

Charles Lucas and Iris Hall in a scene from The Homesteader

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[Half-figure portrait of man wearing bow tie.]

[Half-figure portrait of man wearing bow tie.]

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UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1920

UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1920

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Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1921 motion picture "The Gunsaulus Mystery"

Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1921 motion picture "The Gunsaulus Mys...

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The Musical Spillers: also identified as the 10 Musical Spillers: front row (left to right) Willie Lewis, Isabele Taliferro, Calvin Bateman, George Taylor and William Spiller; back row (left to right) Rex Stewart, Seymour Todd, unidentified, Fred Pinder and Margaret ?

The Musical Spillers: also identified as the 10 Musical Spillers: fron...

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Oscar Micheaux (center) with an actor and possible a crew member in an advertisement for the Micheaux Film Corporation

Oscar Micheaux (center) with an actor and possible a crew member in an...

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Oscar Micheaux (center) with an actor and possibly a crew member
Portrait of businessman Casper Holstein, used in Opportunity magazine after he donated $1,000 for the Holstein Prizes in the third annual writers' contest sponsored by the magazine, 1926.
F. J. Grimké, a preacher of the New Democracy

F. J. Grimké, a preacher of the New Democracy

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Discovery of Nat Turner - Public domain portrait drawing

Discovery of Nat Turner - Public domain portrait drawing

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Baptism in community of Gullah descendants in North Carolina

Baptism in community of Gullah descendants in North Carolina

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Eitaro Ishigaki and his assistants, Chikanichi Yamasaki and Wolf Ubogi, working

Eitaro Ishigaki and his assistants, Chikanichi Yamasaki and Wolf Ubogi...

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Eitaro Ishigaki: the Civil War during World War I

Eitaro Ishigaki: the Civil War during World War I

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Carl W. Huser, State Director of WPA education program, presenting awards

Carl W. Huser, State Director of WPA education program, presenting awa...

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Students - A group of people sitting around a table

Students - A group of people sitting around a table

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Blackface show, singers

Blackface show, singers

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O.J. Thomas congratulates the oldest students in the district

O.J. Thomas congratulates the oldest students in the district

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Harlem YMCA Music and Music History Class conducted by instructors from the Federal Music Project

Harlem YMCA Music and Music History Class conducted by instructors fro...

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Music class with instructor at the board

Music class with instructor at the board

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"Pursuit of Happiness" face
Central Manhattan Music School, students around piano

Central Manhattan Music School, students around piano

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A prize winner from Harlem in a recent city-wide exhibition of children's art
Federal Music Project, students at desks

Federal Music Project, students at desks

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Quintet recital, Prospect Plaza Center

Quintet recital, Prospect Plaza Center

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Children's piano classes

Children's piano classes

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