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Ticket for admission to the World's Columbian Exposition Features the profile of Christopher Columbus and grants the bearer permission to enter the World's Columbian Exposition October 1-30, 1893 at all gates. Ticket was issued by the American Bank…

Writing by John Newton in 1788 titled 'Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade'. 1st print.

In 1774, Wesley writes this tract attacking the Slave Trade in Africa, Europe and the Americas. Four editions were written in the span of two years spreading his abolitionist influence across the world.

This is a print of a picture of slaves escaping from slavery.

Syed Ameer Ali argues for abolition from an Islamic viewpoint

An oil painting of the reception of François Pidou de Saint Olon, Ambassador of King Louis XIV of France, by Sultan Moulay Ismael of Morocco on 19 June 1693.

Sultan Isma'il is pictured riding a horse in the center of the image. Ambassador François…

The Rape of the Lock' is a satirical narrative poem about a petty squabble between two aristocratic families. A young man cut off a lock of hair from a young woman without her consent, which caused quite a scandal in high society. Pope, who…

This is one of the most prominent parts of the Qur'an that supports slave owners freeing those they have enslaved. It is an English translation. The entity responsible for the translation of the Qur'an is extremely important in the study of the…

Napoleon Bonaparte was declared emperor of France in 1804, and the English statesman William Pitt sat across a dining table, each carving out a piece from a plum pudding in the shape of the world. "The diminutive Napoleon, rising from his seat to…