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  • Tags: Enslaved Peoples

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation

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

The Dred Scott decision: opinion of Chief Justice Taney

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Excerpt explaining the decision of the Dred Scott case.

An Old time schooner.

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

"Moses" Harriet Tubman

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

Frederick Douglass

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