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- "Alton Trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman...Enoch Long/Written out from Notes Taken at the Time of Trial," 1838 -
- 1838
- Collections - Artifact
"Alton Trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman...Enoch Long/Written out from Notes Taken at the Time of Trial," 1838
- Print of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington, "Onward," 1903 - This poster depicts three leading Americans who advanced African-American life at the turn of the 20th century. Frederick Douglass challenged slavery and worked for its abolition. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to preserve the Union by declaring freedom to slaves in rebel states. Booker T. Washington, leader of the Tuskegee Institute, promoted African-American rights through education and industry.
- 1903
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Print of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington, "Onward," 1903
This poster depicts three leading Americans who advanced African-American life at the turn of the 20th century. Frederick Douglass challenged slavery and worked for its abolition. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to preserve the Union by declaring freedom to slaves in rebel states. Booker T. Washington, leader of the Tuskegee Institute, promoted African-American rights through education and industry.
- Anti-Slavery Token, 1838 -
- 1838
- Collections - Artifact
Anti-Slavery Token, 1838
- Martha W. Martin Autograph Album, 1837-1858 -
- 1837-1858
- Collections - Artifact
Martha W. Martin Autograph Album, 1837-1858
- The Liberator, Vol. 9, No. 33, August 16, 1839 -
- August 16, 1839
- Collections - Artifact
The Liberator, Vol. 9, No. 33, August 16, 1839
- Abolitionist Wendell Phillips, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Abolitionist Wendell Phillips, circa 1880
- Photograph Album of Cartes-de-Visite, 1859-1870 -
- 1859-1865
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Photograph Album of Cartes-de-Visite, 1859-1870
- "Frederick Douglass, The Colored Champion of Freedom," 1872-1874 - Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and reform journalist, is depicted in the early 1860s around the time that he advised President Lincoln regarding African Americans. Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery movement when he spontaneously stood up and spoke at an abolitionist meeting in 1841. His gut-wrenching tales about life on the plantation in Maryland turned thousands of skeptical Americans into active abolitionists.
- circa 1860
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"Frederick Douglass, The Colored Champion of Freedom," 1872-1874
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and reform journalist, is depicted in the early 1860s around the time that he advised President Lincoln regarding African Americans. Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery movement when he spontaneously stood up and spoke at an abolitionist meeting in 1841. His gut-wrenching tales about life on the plantation in Maryland turned thousands of skeptical Americans into active abolitionists.
- "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," 1845 - Frederick Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery movement when he spontaneously stood up and spoke at an abolitionist meeting in 1841. Douglass wrote about his life as a slave to support the growing abolitionist movement. This book led to his career as a reform journalist. His gut-wrenching tales about life on the plantation in Maryland turned thousands of skeptical Americans into active abolitionists.
- 1817?-1845
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," 1845
Frederick Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery movement when he spontaneously stood up and spoke at an abolitionist meeting in 1841. Douglass wrote about his life as a slave to support the growing abolitionist movement. This book led to his career as a reform journalist. His gut-wrenching tales about life on the plantation in Maryland turned thousands of skeptical Americans into active abolitionists.
- Ada Dewey Autograph Album, 1874-1875 - In 1874, Ada Dewey of Kalamazoo, Michigan, wrote to famous individuals of the day asking for their autographs. She contacted writers, artists, politicians, military officers, and advocates for social movements such as abolition, temperance, and women's and civil rights, among others. Dewey compiled their replies, some of which include carte de visite photographs, in the pages of this album.
- 1874-1875
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Ada Dewey Autograph Album, 1874-1875
In 1874, Ada Dewey of Kalamazoo, Michigan, wrote to famous individuals of the day asking for their autographs. She contacted writers, artists, politicians, military officers, and advocates for social movements such as abolition, temperance, and women's and civil rights, among others. Dewey compiled their replies, some of which include carte de visite photographs, in the pages of this album.