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Abolitionism Collection

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: First Draft of 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'

First Draft of "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
(Original Caption) 1861- Washington, DC: Facsimile of the handwritten first draft of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: American Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison

American Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
(Original Caption) William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1869) American abolitionist. Founded the Liberator (1831). Famous anti-slavery journal. From an early daguerrotype made in Boston

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: A Daguerreotype Of American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass

A Daguerreotype Of American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
Born into slavery, American writer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) bought his freedom with income earned from lecturing abroad after the publication of his autobiography

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Joky Doy And Group Of Rescuers

Joky Doy And Group Of Rescuers
(Original Caption) Joky Doy, a convicted slave liberator, was rescued by this group from the St. Joseph, Missouri jail. Photo, 1859

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Abolitionist Lucretia Mott

Abolitionist Lucretia Mott
(Original Caption) Lucretia Mott (1793-1880). Quaker minister and abolitionist who led in women's suffrage movement. Undated photograph

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Freed Slaves Harvesting Peanuts

Freed Slaves Harvesting Peanuts
(Original Caption) VA-Freed slave peanut pickers, Virginia. Photograph, ca. late 1890's

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Passage From Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Passage From Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
A passage from United States president Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address highlights plans for Reconstruction following the American Civil War

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Portrait of Reverend Josiah Henson

Portrait of Reverend Josiah Henson
(Original Caption) The Rev. Josiah Henson - The original "Uncle Tom, " undated engraving

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Political Cartoon of an Abolitionist Meeting with W.L.Garrison

Political Cartoon of an Abolitionist Meeting with W.L.Garrison
(Original Caption) Slavery cartoon. Early abolitionist meeting in Boston. William Lloyd Garrison robbed and dragged through the streets with a rope around his neck

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Frederick Douglas

Frederick Douglas
(Original Caption) Portrait of American abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass (1817-1895). He is shown in near profile, with gray hair and a beard. Undated photograph

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Southern Chivalry - Argument Versus Club's by J.L. Magee

Southern Chivalry - Argument Versus Club's by J.L. Magee
A political cartoon showing South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks beating abolitionist and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Men Pointing Guns at Fort Scott Peace Convention

Men Pointing Guns at Fort Scott Peace Convention
(Original Caption) Incident during border troubles preceding the Civil War

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: American Politician Daniel Webster

American Politician Daniel Webster
(Original Caption) Picture shows Daniel Webster (1782-1852), American politician from New Hampshire. He urged swift compromises on the slavery issues. Undated engraving by Buttre Avignon

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Portrait Of John Brown

Portrait Of John Brown
(Original Caption) Portrait of John Brown (1800-1859), American abolitionist. Undated engraving. BPA 2 #5151

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison
Portrait of the abolitionist and newspaper publisher William Garrison (1805-1879). Boston was a center of the movement to abolish slavery

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Painting of Anti-Slavery Society Meeting by Benjamin Robert Haydon

Painting of Anti-Slavery Society Meeting by Benjamin Robert Haydon
(Original Caption) Convention of the Anti-Slavery Society, 1840. Canvas by B. R. Haydon

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass
(Original Caption) Portrait of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), American abolitionist and writer. Undated photograph

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass

American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
Born into slavery, American writer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) bought his freedom with income earned from lecturing abroad after the publication of his autobiography

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: American Writer Frederick Douglass

American Writer Frederick Douglass
(Original Caption) Portrait of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), American abolitionist and writer. Undated photograph

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe
(Original Caption) Waist up portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Undated photograph

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Abolitionists Being Pummeled By Objects

Abolitionists Being Pummeled By Objects
(Original Caption) Cartoon depicting the ridicule experienced by abolitionists in the North. Engraving published in "Vanity Fair, " February, 1861

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Frederick Douglass Fugitive Song

Frederick Douglass Fugitive Song
(Original Caption) The Fugitive Song: Frederick Douglass, anti-slavery song. Engraving 1845

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Anti-Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall

Anti-Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting the great anti-slavery meeting at Exeter Hall in 1841. Undated engraving

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Illustration of Children Presenting Petition To End Slavery

Illustration of Children Presenting Petition To End Slavery
(Original Caption) Children presenting petition for abolition of slave trade. From English children's book ca. 1830

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Anti-Slavery Poem And Illustration

Anti-Slavery Poem And Illustration
A poem in Ladies Department from the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator, published by William Lloyd Garrison (1849)

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Illustration of an Author Writing Down Narratives of Captured Free Blacks

Illustration of an Author Writing Down Narratives of Captured Free Blacks
(Original Caption) The author noting down the narratives of several freeborn people of colour who had been kidnapped

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Engraving of a Black Man Being Whipped By Whites

Engraving of a Black Man Being Whipped By Whites
An illustration from Jesse Torrey's 1817 book, "A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery in the United States."

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Illustration of a Gunfight on Horseback by G.H. Hayes

Illustration of a Gunfight on Horseback by G.H. Hayes
Pre-Civil War illustration depicting a gun fight from "Bleeding Kansas, " a war fought in the 1850's between abolitionists and slavery advocates for control of the territory of Kansas

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Heroes of the Colored Race Lithograph

Heroes of the Colored Race Lithograph
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Heroes of Black History: Frederick Douglass with ex-Senator Revels on right and ex-Senator Bruce on the left

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Portrait of Abolitionist Harriet Tubman

Portrait of Abolitionist Harriet Tubman
(Original Caption) Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), famed abolitionist. Undated woodcut. BPA#258

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Woodcut of Federick Douglass in His Office in Washington, DC

Woodcut of Federick Douglass in His Office in Washington, DC
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), Abolitionist and writer welcoming some os his constituents to his office in Washington.Undated woodcut

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass
(Original Caption) Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), American abolitionist and writer. born a slave and escaped in 1838

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Portrait of Frederick Douglass

Portrait of Frederick Douglass
(Original Caption) Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), American abolistionist and writer. Undated engraving

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Illustration of Sojourner Truth after a Photograph

Illustration of Sojourner Truth after a Photograph
Portrait of Sojourner Truth (ca. 1797-1883), leader of the Underground Railroad. Undated hand-colored illustration

Background imageAbolitionism Collection: Heroes of the Colored Race Lithograph

Heroes of the Colored Race Lithograph
Illustration entitled "HEROES OF THE COLORED RACE, " with vignetted portraits of Fredrick Douglass and former senators Bruce and Revels


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