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Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, standing with hands on back of a chair

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

Photo shows the schooner Hattie Hutt - built in Saugatuck, MI., 1873, wrecked 1929; a Great Lakes vessel). Source: Charles Seavey, 2015)

Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Excerpt explaining the decision of the Dred Scott case.