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25 Απρ 2024 · Slavery in America was the legal institution of enslaving human beings, mainly Africans and African Americans. Slavery existed in the United States from its founding in 1776 and became the...
The images document the history of enslavement in West and West Central Africa, the English and French Caribbean, Brazil, and the United States.
The descriptions of the slave trade and treatment of slaves are brought to life by seven strikingly vivid vignettes depicting slaves being whipped, sold, tortured, and separated from their families. A full transcript is available.
19 Αυγ 2019 · Four hundred years after enslaved Africans were first brought to Virginia, most Americans still don’t know the full story of slavery. The 1619 Project examines the legacy of slavery in...
The treatment of slaves in the United States often included sexual abuse and rape, the denial of education, and punishments like whippings. Families were often split up by the sale of one or more members, usually never to see or hear of each other again.
Images were essential tools in the fight against slavery, and are important sources for historians as we seek to recover and understand the past. For a useful step-by-step guide to analyzing images, see our Image Analysis Worksheet. Click on each image preview to see the full image and read the caption to learn more! –
7 Αυγ 2024 · This collection provides almost 350 images showing African Americans and related military and social history. Subjects of special note include Sojourner Truth, fugitive slaves, former slave children from New Orleans, and freed slaves at Seabrook Plantation in South Carolina.
