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Map of the Underground Railroad

This volume contains information regarding a voyage of the ship Fox, a 146 ton brigantine that left Liverpool on March 8, 1774. The ship stopped first in the Cameroons, West Africa, where 148 African people were enslaved and brought aboard. The ship…

This account shows the medical beliefs in Morocco surrounding leprosy, particularly in the enslaved Moor population.

This resource is a political cartoon that shows the reversed rolls of the slave and master, showcasing the brutality of the slave master.

A statistical breakdown of the enslave population of the United States between 1790 and 1854. This accounts for gender and age demographics, population by region and state, and the mortality rate by state. This document also shows the enslaved…

This document provides an account of scurvy seen among enslaved peoples during the Middle Passage. This document also shows the author's belief that some of the ailments could be contributed to the trauma of the slave trade and their capture.

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.

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