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Us Slave Trade Stock Photos

Browse 12,174 us slave trade photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

mother and daughter sold at slave auction, southern usa, 1860s - us slave trade stock illustrations

Mother and daughter sold at Slave Auction, Southern USA, 1860s

Slavery, USA, American Culture

old engraved illustration of cotton - its cultivation and preparation in america, cotton picking - popular encyclopedia published 1894 - us slave trade stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old engraved illustration of Cotton - its Cultivation and Preparation in America, Cotton Picking - Popular Encyclopedia Published 1894

Slavery, USA, Cotton

antique illustration: picking cotton, mississippi - us slave trade stock illustrations

Antique Illustration: Picking cotton, Mississippi

Slavery, USA, Cotton Plant

slave-coffle passing the capitol - us slave trade stock illustrations

Slave-Coffle passing the Capitol

Slavery, USA, American Culture

old engraved illustration of enslaved people in chains - a slave-coffle passing by the us capitol in washington - us slave trade stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old engraved illustration of Enslaved People In Chains - A Slave-Coffle passing by the US Capitol in Washington

Slavery, Chain - Object, 19th Century

slave auction in america, richmond, virgina - us slave trade stock illustrations

Slave Auction in America, Richmond, Virgina

Slavery, Auction, The Americas

workers picking cotton, louisiana, 19th century - us slave trade stock illustrations

Workers picking cotton, Louisiana, 19th Century

Slavery, USA, American Culture

antique historical photographs from the us navy and army: cotton field - us slave trade stock illustrations

Antique historical photographs from the US Navy and Army: Cotton Field

Slavery, USA, Antique

Enslaved people picking cotton on a plantation.

Enslaved People In Cotton Field

Slavery, USA, Cotton Plant

Negro labour loading sacks of cotton on cart to be taken for dressing and ginning, Southern states of USA. Wood engraving, 1860.

Negro labour loading sacks of cotton on cart, Southern states of USA.

Slavery, USA, UK

woodcut of african anerican slaves picking cotton 1866 - us slave trade stock illustrations

woodcut of African Anerican slaves picking cotton 1866

Slavery, USA, History

antique photograph: farm in south usa - us slave trade stock illustrations

Antique photograph: Farm in south USA

Slavery, USA, Farm

Group of escaped slaves that gathered on the former plantation of Confederate General Thomas Drayton. After Federal troops occupied the plantation...

Slavery, Freedom, South Carolina

coffee plantation - us slave trade stock illustrations

Coffee plantation

Slavery, USA, Plantation

old engraved illustration of a african american slave family representing five generations all born on the plantation of j. j. smith, beaufort, south carolina - us slave trade stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old engraved illustration of a African American slave family representing five generations all born on the plantation of J. J. Smith, Beaufort, South Carolina

Slavery, American Culture, Family

Group of women and children, presumably enslaved, sit and stand around the doorway of a rough wooden cabin, Southern United States, mid 19th Century....

Group of Women and Children

Slavery, USA, Reading

Group of enslaved workers on a cotton plantation watched by a supervisor on horseback, near Dallas, Texas, circa 1895.

Texas Cotton Plantation

Slavery, Plantation, USA

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast...

USA: 'United States Slave Trade', An abolitionist print engraved c. 1830

Slavery, USA, Atlantic Ocean

african american slaves on a sugar cane plantation, woodcut, 1885 - us slave trade stock illustrations

African American slaves on a sugar cane plantation, woodcut, 1885

Slavery, USA, Colonialism

Plantation slaves gathered outside their huts, Virginia, America. Photograph c1860.

Plantation slaves gathered outside their huts, Virginia, America. Photograph c1860.

Slavery, USA, Plantation

antique illustration from uncle tom's cabin novel - us slave trade stock illustrations

Antique illustration from Uncle Tom's Cabin novel

Slavery, USA, Abolitionism - Anti-slavery Movement

morning mustering of the "contrabands" at fortress monroe, on their way to their day's work civil war engraving - us slave trade stock illustrations

Morning Mustering of the "Contrabands" at Fortress Monroe, on Their Way to Their Day's Work Civil War Engraving

Slavery, USA, American Civil War

Engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, Jamestown, Virginia, 1619.

Dutch Slave Ship Arrives In Virginia

Slavery, USA, Jamestown - Virginia

Enslaved African-American people plant sweet potatoes on a plantation, 1862. Note: Image has been digitally colorized using a modern process. Colors...

Enslaved People Planting Sweet Potatoes

USA, Slavery, Plantation

Esclaves d'une plantation en 1862, Etats-Unis.

Esclaves d'une plantation en 1862

Plantation, Slavery, Photography

Portrait of Civil War 'contrabands,' fugitive slaves who were emancipated upon reaching the North, sitting outside a house, possible in Freedman's...

Civil War Contrabands

Slavery, USA, Black People

african americans harvisting crop in a cotton field, 19th century - us slave trade stock illustrations

African americans harvisting crop in a cotton field, 19th Century

Slavery, USA, American Culture

african slaves harvesting cotton in united states illustration 1858 - us slave trade stock illustrations

African slaves harvesting cotton in United States illustration 1858

Slavery, USA, American Culture

Portrait of African American residents at an early area homestead in Nicodemus in Graham County, Kansas, late nineteenth century. Nicodemus, Kansas...

Portrait Of Early African American Settlers In Nicodemus, Kansas

USA, Slavery, Farm

antique black and white photograph: sugar cane field, cuba - us slave trade stock illustrations

Antique black and white photograph: Sugar cane field, Cuba

Slavery, USA, Sugar Cane

Group of escaped slaves outside a cabin. Escaped slaves were known as contrabands after the Union General Benjamin Butler announced that any slaves...

Slavery, USA, American Civil War

cotton harvest in south carolina, usa, wood engraving, published 1897 - us slave trade stock illustrations

Cotton harvest in South Carolina, USA, wood engraving, published 1897

Slavery, USA, Agricultural Field

us confederate currency - us slave trade stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

US confederate currency

Slavery, Abolitionism - Anti-slavery Movement, USA

Family of former slaves outside their ramshackle house in Fredericksburg, Virginia, ca. 1862-1865.

Slavery, Freedom, American Civil War

cotton plantation usa engraving 1873 - us slave trade stock illustrations

Cotton plantation USA engraving 1873

Slavery, Plantation, USA

George Washington , the 1st President of the United States at Mount Vernon farm on the Potomac where he grew up, farmed and finally died. Washington...

Farmer Washington

Slavery, USA, George Washington

Group of African Americans aboard the USS Vermont. The United States Navy employed thousands of freed slaves during the Civil War.

African American Sailors

Slavery, USA, American Civil War

Circa 1750, Cargo is stowed away on a slave ship by night.

Slavery, USA, American Culture

Group of young children sitting on the ground as women sit by a doorway and a man tends to a cattle-drawn cart in a scene of enslaved workers outside...

South Carolina Plantation

Slavery, USA, South Carolina

florida islands and cotton plantations, ploughing rice - us slave trade stock illustrations

Florida islands and cotton plantations, Ploughing Rice

Slavery, USA, Farmer

Scene on an American tobacco plantation, 1725. Male, female and child slaves rolling dried tobacco into ropes. On the right is a tobacco plant . From...

Scene on an American tobacco plantation, 1725.

Slavery, USA, Plantation

antique photograph: people in southern usa - us slave trade stock illustrations

Antique Photograph: People in Southern USA

Archival, Photographic Print, Photography

Group of freed slaves who worked as laborers and servants with the 13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, 1862.

Group Of Freed Slaves

Slavery, USA, Abolitionism - Anti-slavery Movement

old engraved illustration of northern and southern american industry - us slave trade stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old engraved illustration of Northern and Southern American Industry

Slavery, 19th Century, Plantation

White landowner overseeing black cotton pickers at work on a plantation in the southern USA, circa 1875.

Plantation, Slavery, Cotton Plant

Slaves preparing tobacco, Virginia, USA. C1790 . Plate 50 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne, Volume II, by Jules Ferrario. Artist Angelo Biasioli.

Slaves Preparing Tobacco Virginia USA circa 1790 (circa 1820-1839)

Slavery, USA, Plantation

history of slavery - plantation master at the slave market - us slave trade stock illustrations

History of Slavery - Plantation Master at the Slave market

Slavery, USA, Printmaking Technique

Summer Scene, 1866. Artist G. Gable.

Slavery, Freedom, USA

An engraving of abolition officers driving Black enslaved people from plantations, circa 1800s.

Abolition Officers

Slavery, USA, American Civil War

Agricultural slaves working in Virginia.

Agricultural slaves working in Virginia.

Slavery, USA, 18th Century

Woodblock print from Slavery in South Carolina and the Ex-Slaves; or, the Port Royal Mission by Mrs. Austa M. French .

Illustration of Slaveholders Freeing a Slave

Slavery, Abolitionism - Anti-slavery Movement, Freedom

Eight children stand near an adult man and woman in a cotton field with large baskets of cotton before them, near Savannah, Georgia, part of a...

Enslaved Family In Cotton Field near Savannah

Slavery, Cotton Plant, Plantation

Slaves of Thomas F Drayton of Magnolia Plantation, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1862. During the American Civil War, Drayton, a Southern plantation...

Slaves of Thomas F Drayton of Magnolia Plantation, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1862. During the American Civil War, (1861-1865) Drayton, a Southern plantation owner, served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army .

Slavery, Plantation, South Carolina

Portrait of African American residents at an early area homestead in Nicodemus in Graham County, Kansas, late nineteenth century. Nicodemus, Kansas...

Portrait Of Early African American Settlers In Nicodemus, Kansas

USA, Slavery, Kansas

When James Hopkinson, owner of a plantation on Edisto Island, left South Carolina in 1862, he left behind over fifty slaves United States,...

When James Hopkinson, owner of a plantation on Edisto Island, left South Carolina in 1862, he left behind over fifty slaves

Slavery, Plantation, USA

intense young man - us slave trade stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Intense Young Man

Slavery, USA, Furious

contraband of war - us slave trade stock illustrations

contraband of war

Slavery, American Revolution, USA

Formerly enslaved people sit at Foller's House in Cumberland Landing, Virginia circa 1850.

Family of Slaves

Slavery, People, 1850-1859

Slaves working in the sweet potato fields in the Hopkinson plantation . Ca. 1862.

Slavery, USA, Plantation

Slave quarters on a plantation in Georgia, USA.

Slave quarters on a plantation in Georgia, USA.

Slavery, USA, Plantation

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