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Main Ports of Slave Embarkation - Atlantic Africa, 1510-1860
This chart illustrates the volume of voyages that left from major African ports over time.
Jonathan Walker in 1848 from an engraving in the book, Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker: at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage published the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Boston
Engraving published as frontpiece of book "Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker: at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage." Published Boston, at the Anti-Slavery Society Office, 25 Cornhill, 1848
1845 daguerreotype of Walker's branded hand by photographers, Southworth & Hawes.
The Branded Hand of Captain Jonathan Walker sixth-plate by Southworth and Hawes, 1845. The inscription on the back of the case reads: "This Daguerreotype was taken by Southworth Aug. 1845 it is a copy of Captain Jonathan Walker's hand as branded by…
A passage from page 18 of Great auction sale of slaves.
This is a passage describing how a disfigurement can alter the price of a slave. In this case, a missing eye lowers the value of a male slave.
Map of Slave and Free States
This is a map of the Slave and Free States and Territories slave states depicted in red and free states and territories depicted in green.
A list of slaves from page 12 of Great auction sale of slaves.
This is a list of some of the slaves that were up for auction.
Observations on the inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes with some advice thereon extracted form [sic] the Yearly Meeting epistle of London for the present year : also some remarks on the absolute necessity of self-denial, renouncing the world, and true charity for all such as sincerely desire to be our blessed Saviour's disciples.
Pamphlet by Anthony Benezet giving his opinions on the enslavement of African Americans. A letter to the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends
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Youth in Crisis: Children in the Holocaust
This educational module explores the experiences of children during the Holocaust. Through a diverse selection of primary sources, this module tells…