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This passage describes "spectators" and prospective buyers examining slaves.

This passage describes the separation of slave families during the auction.

This is one of the most prominent parts of the Qur'an that supports slave owners freeing those they have enslaved. It is an English translation. The entity responsible for the translation of the Qur'an is extremely important in the study of the…

A collection of slave songs from the United States.

A painting of Thomas Jefferson

This painting depicts the moment on June 28, 1776, when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental Congress. The document stated the principles for which the Revolutionary War was being fought and which…

TimeMap created by HIST 4426 to chart the evolution of slavery in the U.S. and Morocco from the 7th century through the 20th century a.d.

The declaration of independence by the thirteen colonies of the British Empire that would become the United States

John Adams by Benjamin Blythe done in Salem in 1766

An image showing how severely an enslaved person was flogged.