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Black and white full body image of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. Keller is seated on the left side and facing Sullivan. They have their hands joined as Sullivan is reading from a book and translating the book into sign language for Keller to…

A black and white photo of magician Harry Houdini. Houdini is shown from the waist up wearing a full suit and a bow tie. Houdini's body is angles to the left but he is looking to the right. He has his hands on his hips and a serious look on his face.…

Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, probably at her home in Auburn, New York

This online exhibit follows the life experience of Hank Van Driel, a Georgia resident who was a child in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation between 1940 and 1945.

An illustration of one of Sultan Isma'il's slave guards painted by François Pidou de Saint-Olon, the French ambassador to Morocco, in 1695.

It was published in a series of books titled "A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Ancient…

This is an account of The Weeping Time in Savannah, Georgia, when 429 slaves were sold in a matter of two days at the Broeck racetrack. All of the slaves belonged to Pierce M. Butler, and many slave families were broken up.

This online exhibit follows the life experience of Grace Thorpe, an American Indian activist who served in the WAC during World War II and trained at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia.

George Fox writes opposing slavery and bondage beginning the Quaker movement of abolition.

German troops load gas projectors. Attempting to exploit a loophole in international laws against the uses of gas in warfare, some German officials noted that only gas projectiles appeared to be specifically banned, and that no prohibition could be…

German submarines in a harbor, the caption, in German, says "Our U-Boats in a harbor." Front Row (left to right): U-22, U-20 (the sub that sank the Lusitania), U-19, and U-21. Back Row (left to right): U-14, U-10, and U-12.