old engraved illustration of the signing of the emancipation proclamation - abolitionist movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
The Union commander's notice of the Emancipation Proclamation to the citizens of Winchester, Virginia, with the wording 'Freedom to slaves! Whereas...
first reading of the emancipation proclamation of president lincoln by francis bicknell carpenter - 19th century - abolitionist movement stock illustrations
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...
Close up of Daguerreotype after Ezra Greenleaf Weld at the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Convention, Cazenovia, New York, 21-22th August 1850; the Edmonson...
old engraved illustration of american abolitionist. the riot at alton, illinois, on 7 november 1837, in which elijah lovejoy lost his life - abolitionist movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
iconic anti-slavery image of slave in shackles (1875 illustration) - abolitionist movement stock illustrations
juneteenth independence day. african-american history and heritage. - abolitionist movement stock illustrations
The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1840. A cartoon shows an enslaved man loosing his chains only to be re-enslaved by the 'Free State' under New...
Group of Black Americans from Philadelphia celebrating the abolition of slavery with a feast. Published by 'Tregear at his humourist print shop,...
antique early american engraving depicting social issues, circa 1850's - abolitionist movement stock illustrations
Proclamation of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies, 23 April 1848. Painting by François Auguste Biard , 19th century. 2,61 x 3, 91 m....
The title page of 'The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament' by...
Illustration depicting freedmen voting in New Orleans, after being herded to the polls by carpetbaggers. Woodcut, dated 1867, from a series of...
old engraved illustration of mary fisher, an english quaker, in audience with the sultan mehmed iv of turkey (1658) - abolitionist movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848. Found in the collection of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Château de...
juneteenth freedom day celebration web banner design with crowd of people - abolitionist movement stock illustrations
The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was principally a Quaker society founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Clarkson. The slave...
February 25, 1837 edition of The Liberator. The article starting on the top left corner of the newspaper is titled 'Ladies' Department.' Inscribed on...
Abraham Lincoln reading the Bible with abolitionist Sojourner Truth , a formerly enslaved woman, originally Isabella Van Wagener, in a print...
American president Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation which decreed an end to enslavement. Engraved by J L Magee
old engraved illustration of american abolitionist. the riot at alton, illinois, on 7 november 1837, in which elijah lovejoy lost his life - abolitionist 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...
old engraved illustration of the the emancipation and freedom monument, washington dc - abolitionist movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
The Petition for Abolishing the Slave-Trade. 'Come, listen to my plaintive ditty,/Ye tender hearts, and children dear/And, should it move your souls...
Illustration depicting fighting between pro and anti-slavery campaigners at a political convention held at Fort Scott in Kansas. Kansas, USA, circa...
Illustration titled 'New method of assorting the mail, as practised by Southern slave-holders, or attack on the Post Office, Charleston, S.C.' On 29...
African Americans stand outside a contraband school, or Freedman's Village, in Arlington, Virginia, ca. 1860s.
American abolitionist John Brown . Seized the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in October 1859 to arm Negroes and incite insurrection, but was...
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,...
the charge of the 54th massachusetts infantry regiment, 1863 - abolitionist movement stock illustrations
Throng of people surround John Brown's house in Saranac Lake, New York. John Brown is the abolitionist responsible for instigating and heading the...
The Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st 1862. This booklet was produced in December 1862...
The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. This issue contains...
Abolition of slavery by Princess Isabel, Gilberto Ferrez collection of photographs of nineteenth-century Brazil, Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923, 1888.
Philanthropic Consolations after the loss of the Slave Bill, pub. 1796 . Satirical cartoon showing abolitionists William Wilberforce and Bishop...
Meeting at the church Missionary Society was founded. The Society was founded in Aldersgate Street in the City of London on 12 April 1799. Most of...
Woodblock print from Slavery in South Carolina and the Ex-Slaves; or, the Port Royal Mission by Mrs. Austa M. French .
Group of freed slaves gather on the plantation of Confederate general Thomas F. Drayton in Hilton Head, South Carolina, during the Union occupation...
Group of freed slaves who worked as laborers and servants with the 13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, 1862.
Am I not a man and a brother? American Anti-Slavery Society. Woodcut on wove paper. Image of a supplicant male slave in chains appears on the 1837...
old engraved illustration of kidnapping a man for the colonies - abolitionist movement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
Illustration of Granville Sharp an English abolitionist, inspecting the injuries of the slave Jonathan Strong. Dated 18th Century.
Group of African Americans aboard the USS Vermont. The United States Navy employed thousands of freed slaves during the Civil War.
Beacon Hill, Boston, the site of the oldest surviving Black Church in America and a centre of the abolitionist movement.