Debate in the US House of Representatives concerning the abolition of the 'gag rule', which prevented the reconsideration of any laws concerning...
life and portrait of fugitive slave anthony burns - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock illustrations
The Effects of the Proclamation: Freed Negroes Coming into Our Lines at Newbern, North Carolina, from 'Harper's Weekly', 1863
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The Union commander's notice of the Emancipation Proclamation to the citizens of Winchester, Virginia, with the wording 'Freedom to slaves! Whereas...
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An engraving commissioned as the seal for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, circa 1787. The seal, which depicts a slave in...
first reading of the emancipation proclamation of president lincoln by francis bicknell carpenter - 19th century - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock illustrations
old engraved illustration of the signing of the emancipation proclamation - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
Pro-slavery mob attacking the offices of the Alton Observer, killing the anti-slavery editor and proprietor, Elijah Lovejoy.
Beacon Hill, Boston, the site of the oldest surviving Black Church in America and a centre of the abolitionist movement.
Poster attacking the radical Republican politician, John White Geary, for his support of black suffrage.
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old engraved illustration of a african american slave family representing five generations all born on the plantation of j. j. smith, beaufort, south carolina - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
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Demonstrator holds a flag that reads 'Feminism has to be anti-racist or it will not be' during the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave...
old engraved illustration of american abolitionist. the riot at alton, illinois, on 7 november 1837, in which elijah lovejoy lost his life - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
old engraved illustration of mary fisher, an english quaker, in audience with the sultan mehmed iv of turkey (1658) - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
old engraved illustration of american abolitionist. the riot at alton, illinois, on 7 november 1837, in which elijah lovejoy lost his life - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
An enslaved man is left kneeling on the ground as an indifferent Lord Brougham walks by. A comment on Lord Brougham's failure to chair an...
Title page and frontispiece from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano . Enslaved as a child in the Eboe region of the Kingdom of Benin in Africa,...
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the charge of the 54th massachusetts infantry regiment, 1863 - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock illustrations
Watched by his family, a freed formerly enslaved man, his shackles at his feet , kisses the hand of President Lincoln.
The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. This issue contains...
John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed in and advocated armed insurrection as the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in...
Slaves working in the sweet potato fields on the Hopkinson plantation, 1862. Found in the Collection of Library of Congress, Washington D. C..
An illustrated leaflet entitled 'The Plot Exposed or, Abolitionism, Fanny Wright, and the Whig party! The following sermon, delivered at the African...
old engraved illustration of a african american slave family representing five generations all born on the plantation of j. j. smith, beaufort, south carolina - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
Lithographic print of African-American diplomat, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass who escaped from slavery in Maryland aged 21. He became a...
president abraham lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock illustrations
Cabinet members, gathered to hear Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Washington DC, September 22nd 1862. President Abraham Lincoln, Solomon...
Uncut sheet of twelve illustrated chromolithographic cards presenting the life of an African American slave as he moves from work planatation, to...
Thanksgiving sermon read out by Absalom Jones, rector of St Thomas' Church in Philadelphia to celebrate the passing of a law by the US Congress,...
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Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, 19th century. Lincoln joined the Republican party in 1858 and was elected president two years...
In the mansion of Robert W Barnwell at Beaufort, North Carolina, c1860, . In the mansion of Robert W Barnwell at Beaufort, North Carolina, the former...
An engraving from Illustrierte Zeiturg, published in 1865, depicts the members of the United States House of Representatives talking and celebrating...
After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1 freed slaves like this group made their way north, crossing the confederate lines at...
Person holds a banner reading: 'The prostitute is the sum of all types of female slavery at once', at a demonstration to demand the abolition of...
old engraved illustration showing mob breaking in into a post office and burn abolitionist pamphlets in charleston, south carolina - abolitionism anti slavery movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
This printing of the Fugitive Slave Bill was sponsored by anti-slavery groups as a protest against the new law that required local and state...
