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Slave Population of the United States: 1790-1854

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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…

Sigma Lambda Upsilon Join Multicultural Greek Council

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KSU MGC welcome the Alpha Chi chapter of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/ Senoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority Inc. The Founding Line is pictured with members of Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority and Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity.

Selective Excerpt from: Fifty Years In Chains; or, The Life of an American Slave

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This is an excerpt from Fifty Years In Chains; it shows how he views Christianity and the Bible.

Savi, Benin Slave Trading Port

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Image depicting a slave trading port in Savi, Benin.

Satirical Print criticizing the Proclamation fo the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue

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This satirical print, titled "Reformation- or the Wonderful Effects of a Proclamation!!!" mocks King George III's 1787 Royal Proclamation for the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue. The proclamation aimed to restore public morality and suppress vice…

Samuel Johnson's Rambler No. 11

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This is the first page of Samuel Johnson's periodical essay, The Rambler No. 11. In this essay, Johnson analyzes the social and personal implications of individuals lacking emotional control. There is a very theatrical leading letter that embodies…

Russian Battleship

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The Russian flagship Tsarevitch passing HMS Victory, ca. 1915.

Round The Circle Of Buyers The Auctioneer Led The Slaves.

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An illustration of a slave market in Marrakesh by British landscape and figure painter, Archibald Stevenson Forrest.

Watercolor reproductions of Forrest's oil paintings appeared in a series of travel books published by A & C Black in the early…

Richard Furman

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A digital copy of the painted portrait of the Reverend Richard Furman and influential Baptist leader from Charleston, SC. The first President of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention.

Revenge and Reconciliation: The Nuremberg Trials

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This educational module examines the origins and the signifiance of the Nuremberg Trials. Following the end of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations formed the International Military Tribunal to put on trial an punish those who committed…