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This is a 19th century advertisement for the purchase of slaves.

Transcription:

Cash!
All persons that have SLAVES to dispose of, will do well by giving me a call, as I will give the highest price for Men, Women, & Children. Any person that…

African American men, women, and children being auctioned off in front of crowd of men.

A meeting between a King of the Bight of Biafra and European visitors.

John Wesley, the co-founder of the Methodist church had religious influence in England and was well known for his desire to preach to the Indians which was his main goal for coming to Georgia.

This is a copy of the Treaty of Fez which was signed between France and the Moroccan sultan making Morocco a French protectorate. This started stricter views on slavery in Morocco.

Syed Ameer Ali argues for abolition from an Islamic viewpoint

This online exhibit follows the life experience of Anna Boon who spent time as a civilian POW in Indonesia during World War II. 

This online exhibit follows the life experience of Mel Price, a veteran of the Pacific Theater during World War II. 

Stylized text of the Emancipation Proclamation which was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and freed slaves in the Confederacy.

This map lists free states and slave states and shows the distribution of slaves in southern states.