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William Aiken Walker - Cotton Pickers, a man

William Aiken Walker - Cotton Pickers, a man

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Eastman Johnson, The Lord is My Shepherd

Eastman Johnson, The Lord is My Shepherd

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Blow for Blow., ca. 1863 (5573998949)

Blow for Blow., ca. 1863 (5573998949)

Shows an African American man retaliating against his new master, who has just whipped him in "The Lash". Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the l... More

'Thoughts of Liberia - Emancipation' by Edwin White, 1861

'Thoughts of Liberia - Emancipation' by Edwin White, 1861

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sunday Morning by Thomas Waterman Wood

Sunday Morning by Thomas Waterman Wood

Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sala Colored Lady Of New Orleans Louisiana

Sala Colored Lady Of New Orleans Louisiana

"A Colored Lady of New Orleans" 1882 scene depicts or caricatures an African American woman dressed in high fashion of the era. In the background is a city park scene with people seated on a bench, woman pushing a pram.

Anschutz Thomas P The Way They Live

Anschutz Thomas P The Way They Live

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winslow Homer - The Watermelon Boys

Winslow Homer - The Watermelon Boys

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil portrait of Hiram Rhodes Revels by Theodor Kaufmann

Oil portrait of Hiram Rhodes Revels by Theodor Kaufmann

Portrait of Hiram Rhodes Revels (1822-1901) by Theodor Kaufmann, oil on mill-board, 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm), Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

The Thankful Poor (boy) - Public domain  painting

The Thankful Poor (boy) - Public domain painting

African-American boy at a table with hand against his head

A Visit from the Old MistressFXD

A Visit from the Old MistressFXD

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson (darker)
Winslow Homer - Sketch of a Cottage Yard (c.1876)

Winslow Homer - Sketch of a Cottage Yard (c.1876)

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print "Negro House on Gravois Road" by Gustav Baumgarten

Print "Negro House on Gravois Road" by Gustav Baumgarten

Print "Negro House on Gravois Road" by Gustav Baumgarten. Baumgarten was a 19th century physician who emigrated from Germany with his father and settled in St. Louis. Among his many medical talents, and his civ... More

Dancing African American Sand Automata Toy

Dancing African American Sand Automata Toy

Sand automata toy featuring an African American man dancing. The toy contains sand that moves the figure on a wire as it falls.Title: Dancing African American Sand Automata Toy

The Carnival 1877 Winslow Homer

The Carnival 1877 Winslow Homer

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

William Aiken Walker - African American standing behind a bushel of cotton-cropped

William Aiken Walker - African American standing behind a bushel of co...

African American standing behind a bushel of cottonlabel QS:Len,"African American standing behind a bushel of cotton" label QS:Lfr,"afro-américain debout derrière un sac de coton"

Visit of the Ku-Klux 1872 - Public domain scan / engraving

Visit of the Ku-Klux 1872 - Public domain scan / engraving

"Visit of the Ku-Klux". Drawn by Frank Bellew, 1872. Engraving showing African American family in a humble home. Woman is cooking at the fireplace, man seated alongside, and three children. A masked man from K... More

Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil (1887) (14592958017)

Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictor...

Identifier: aroundworldwithp00phil (find matches) Title: Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors... More

"The Supply Train." - A group of horses pulling a covered wagon

"The Supply Train." - A group of horses pulling a covered wagon

Print of a supply wagon being pulled by six mules. One African American man is riding one of the mules, while another is standing beside them with a whip. There is a soldier riding a horse on the other side of ... More

William Aiken Walker - Standing man

William Aiken Walker - Standing man

Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brooklyn Museum - Illustration for "George Washington Jones A Christmas Gift That Went A-Begging" - Edward Henry Potthast
Fleischbein portrait-of-betsy 1a

Fleischbein portrait-of-betsy 1a

François Fleischbein (+ 1868), Portrait of Betsy, um 1840 Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Forcing Slavery Freesoilers Throats

Forcing Slavery Freesoilers Throats

An 1856 cartoon depicts a giant free soiler being held down by James Buchanan and Lewis Cass standing on the Democratic platform marked "Kansas", "Cuba" and "Central America". Franklin Pierce also holds down t... More

William Aiken Walker - African American standing behind a bushel of cotton

William Aiken Walker - African American standing behind a bushel of co...

Oil on board painting of an African American standing behind a bushel of cotton by William Aiken Walker

Lands of the slave and the free- or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada (1857) (14783053905)

Lands of the slave and the free- or, Cuba, the United States, and Cana...

Identifier: landsofslavefree00murr (find matches) Title: Lands of the slave and the free: or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Murray, Henry A. (Henry Anthony), 1810-1865 Subje... More

A Dog Swap - Drawing. Public domain image.

A Dog Swap - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain photo of American art painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Hunted Slaves by Richard Ansdell 1861

The Hunted Slaves by Richard Ansdell 1861

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Waterman Wood A Bit of History

Thomas Waterman Wood A Bit of History

A Bit of History: The Contraband; The Recruit; The Veteran, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eastman Johnson - The Lord is my Shepard - ebj - fig 76 pg141

Eastman Johnson - The Lord is my Shepard - ebj - fig 76 pg141

Eastman Johnson - The Lord is my Shepard - Oil on wood -16.625 x 13.125 in - c 1863 - Scanned from Eastman Johnson: Painting America - fig 76 pg 141

Legree

Legree

Simon Legree and Uncle Tom: A scene from the abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin

"The Sanctuary." - Engraving, Public domain image

"The Sanctuary." - Engraving, Public domain image

Print of three African Americans, a man, woman, and child, and a dog looking into the distance. The woman is kneeling with her arms reaching upward. The man is in the middle, standing with a cane. The boy is st... More

Judge Magazine 25Jan1890

Judge Magazine 25Jan1890

Judge Magazine Cover (25 Jan 1890)

"Make Way for Liberty!", ca. 1863 (5574054499)

"Make Way for Liberty!", ca. 1863 (5574054499)

Depicts an African American man as a Union soldier fighting in a battle. Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the life of an African American man fr... More

Abraham-black-sem - Public domain portrait engraving

Abraham-black-sem - Public domain portrait engraving

Abraham, a Black Seminole leader, from N. Orr's engraving published in 1848 in The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War by John T. Sprague, 1848 Français: Abraham, un chef des Séminoles noirs d... More

Winslow Homer - Rum Cay

Winslow Homer - Rum Cay

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Winslow Homer - Sunday Morning in Virginia

Winslow Homer - Sunday Morning in Virginia

depicts a family in a slave cabin with children being taught how to read from the Bible

Washington farmer - Public domain scenic engraving

Washington farmer - Public domain scenic engraving

Washington standing among African-American fieldworkers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background.

In the Swamp., ca. 1863 (5574028781)

In the Swamp., ca. 1863 (5574028781)

Shows an African American man hiding in the swamp after he retaliated against his new master. Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the life of an Af... More

The cotton pickers, by Winslow Homer

The cotton pickers, by Winslow Homer

The cotton pickers oil on canvasmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 61.1 × 96.8 cm Signature and date bottom left: Winslow Homer / 1876

'The Fugitive Slave' by John Adam Plimmer Houston

'The Fugitive Slave' by John Adam Plimmer Houston

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Banjo Lesson

Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Banjo Lesson

Public domain photograph of music festival, band, orchestra, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erotic photography - Muybridge ascending stairs

Erotic photography - Muybridge ascending stairs

Eadweard Muybridge: Man ascending stairs. 1884-85. Español: Eadweard Muybridge: Hombre subiendo escaleras. 1884-85.

Thomas Nast.- Emancipation

Thomas Nast.- Emancipation

Français : Emancipation, États-Unis d’Amérique, Amérique du Nord, 1865.

Freedmen richmond sewing women, Richmond, Virginia
John Antrobus - Plantation Burial

John Antrobus - Plantation Burial

Plantation of the Mississippi governor, Tilghman Tucker Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On to Liberty by Theodor Kaufmann, 1867, Metropolitan Museum of Art

On to Liberty by Theodor Kaufmann, 1867, Metropolitan Museum of Art

On to Liberty by Theodor Kaufmann, 1867, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Creole women of color out taking the air, from a watercolor series by Édouard Marquis, New Orleans, 1867

Creole women of color out taking the air, from a watercolor series by ...

Public domain photo of American art painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Upland Cotton by Winslow Homer

Upland Cotton by Winslow Homer

Upland Cotton by Winslow Homer, 1879-1895, oil on canvas, 49.75 x 30 inches (126.4 x 76.2 cm)

Kitchen Ball - Drawing. Public domain image.

Kitchen Ball - Drawing. Public domain image.

Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Aiken Walker - Cotton Pickers (a man)

William Aiken Walker - Cotton Pickers (a man)

Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dancing in Congo Square - Edward Winsor Kemble, 1886

Dancing in Congo Square - Edward Winsor Kemble, 1886

Dancing in Congo Square. 1886 illustration depicting slave dances in New Orleans 40 some years earlier.

Miranda THE FREED SLAVE 1876

Miranda THE FREED SLAVE 1876

Fernando Miranda, "The Statue of 'The Freed Slave' in Memorial Hall," illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 5, 1876.

Henry Ossawa Tanner - Bust of Benjamin Tucker Tanner - Walters 2833 - Three Quarter

Henry Ossawa Tanner - Bust of Benjamin Tucker Tanner - Walters 2833 - ...

Henry Ossawa Tanner is regarded as one of the most distinguished African American painters. He received his training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia under Thomas Eakins and at the Acadé... More

The Thankful Poor, 1894. Henry Ossawa Tanner

The Thankful Poor, 1894. Henry Ossawa Tanner

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jacques Aman Creole in a Red Turban

Jacques Aman Creole in a Red Turban

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper with United States Colored Troop images

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper with United States Colored Troop ...

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper with United States Colored Troop images, December 20, 1862

Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers (1876)

Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers (1876)

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro Life at the South by Eastman Johnson, c. 1870, High Museum of Art

Negro Life at the South by Eastman Johnson, c. 1870, High Museum of Ar...

Negro Life at the South by Eastman Johnson, c. 1870, High Museum of Art. This is the smaller and later of the two versions.

Come and Join Us Brothers, by the Supervisory Committee For Recruiting Colored Regiments

Come and Join Us Brothers, by the Supervisory Committee For Recruiting...

Come and Join Us Brothers, by the Supervisory Committee For Recruiting Colored Regiments

Harriet Tubman Civil War Woodcut

Harriet Tubman Civil War Woodcut

A woodcut image of Harriet Tubman Public domain scan of 1860s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Yarrow Mamout by James Alexander Simpson
Winslow Homer - Boy with Anchor

Winslow Homer - Boy with Anchor

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Thomas Eakins - Rail Shooting on the Delaware

Thomas Eakins - Rail Shooting on the Delaware

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Thomas Eakins (July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) - American realist painter, photographer, and sculp... More

The Thankful Poor (elder) - Public domain scan / painting

The Thankful Poor (elder) - Public domain scan / painting

Old African-American man praying at a table Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deas Devil and the Walker - Public domain scenic painting

Deas Devil and the Walker - Public domain scenic painting

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

William M Harnett Attention Company detail Amon Carter Museum

William M Harnett Attention Company detail Amon Carter Museum

detail Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Visiting Champion by Jefferson David Chalfant

The Visiting Champion by Jefferson David Chalfant

The Visiting Champion by Jefferson David Chalfant, oil on copper, c. 1895, W. 9.5 in; H. 12.5 in

Day, Fred Holland (1864-1933) - 1897 ca. - Ebony and ivory 1

Day, Fred Holland (1864-1933) - 1897 ca. - Ebony and ivory 1

Photograph; Photographs Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eastman Johnson - Southern Courtship - Google Art Project

Eastman Johnson - Southern Courtship - Google Art Project

Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crowe-Slaves Waiting for Sale - Richmond, Virginia

Crowe-Slaves Waiting for Sale - Richmond, Virginia

Slaves Waiting for Sale - Richmond, Virginia. Oil, 20¾ x 31½ inches. Painted upon the sketch of 1853

Servant Douglas portrait, Louisiana. Portrait painting.

Servant Douglas portrait, Louisiana. Portrait painting.

"Servant of the Douglas Family", New Orleans, c. 1850. A rare pre-emancipation individual portrait of a slave.

OP 124 A Ferry on French Broad 1871 (9093596770)
Freedman bureau harpers cartoon - Public domain demonstration engraving

Freedman bureau harpers cartoon - Public domain demonstration engravin...

LOC info: TITLE: The Freedmen's Bureau / Drawn by A.R. Waud. CALL NUMBER: Illus. in AP2.H32 Case Y [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-105555 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication. SUMMAR... More

James A Bland Great Ethiopean Songs - Public domain  engraving

James A Bland Great Ethiopean Songs - Public domain engraving

"James A. Bland's Great Ethiopian Songs". 1880s sheet music cover, with cartoon caricatures of African Americans, and insert engraved formal portrait of African American songwriter James A. Bland.

William Henry Huddle - Old Slave (c.1889)

William Henry Huddle - Old Slave (c.1889)

Public domain photograph of musician playing music, musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Lash., ca. 1863 (5574585348)

The Lash., ca. 1863 (5574585348)

Shows an African American man's new master whipping him. Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the life of an African American man from a slave to a ... More

Richard Norris Brooke - A Pastoral Visit (1881)
Winslow Homer - A Flower for the Teacher

Winslow Homer - A Flower for the Teacher

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

William M Harnett Attention Company Amon Carter Museum

William M Harnett Attention Company Amon Carter Museum

Attention, Company! Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

'Mill-boys Racing' by David Hunter Strother, c 1850

'Mill-boys Racing' by David Hunter Strother, c 1850

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The puzzled voter by Thomas Hovenden

The puzzled voter by Thomas Hovenden

"The Puzzled Voter" by Thomas Hovenden.

The dancing lesson thomas eakins

The dancing lesson thomas eakins

Watercolor on off-white wove paper Thomas Eakins (July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) - American realist painter, photographer, and sculptor, born in Philadelphia, a pioneer in the field of photography. He was one ... More

Four years in Secessia - adventures within and beyond the Union lines - embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war (1865) (14576040780)

Four years in Secessia - adventures within and beyond the Union lines ...

Identifier: fouryearsinseces00brow (find matches) Title: Four years in Secessia : adventures within and beyond the Union lines : embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war ... Year:... More

Winslow Homer - Contraband

Winslow Homer - Contraband

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Alfred Jacob Miller - Long Time Ago; Our Contraband - Walters 37251011

Alfred Jacob Miller - Long Time Ago; Our Contraband - Walters 37251011

Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810-1874). 'Long time ago; Our Contraband,' 19th century. Watercolor on paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2510.11): Gift of Mr. and Mrs J. William Middendorf, N.Y..

Olustee KAFL

Olustee KAFL

A Kurz and Alison lithograph print of the Battle of Olustee.

Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers, 1876

Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers, 1876

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WLA brooklynmuseum Francis William Edmonds-All Talk and No Work

WLA brooklynmuseum Francis William Edmonds-All Talk and No Work

Francis William Edmonds (American, 1806-1863). All Talk and No Work, 1855-1856. Oil on canvas, 24 1/16 x 19 13/16 in. (61.1 x 50.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 51.108.

Autobiography of James L. Smith - including also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc (1881) (14762335742)

Autobiography of James L. Smith - including also, reminiscences of sla...

Identifier: autobiographyofj00smit (find matches) Title: Autobiography of James L. Smith : including also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, e... More

Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers - Google Art Project

Winslow Homer - The Cotton Pickers - Google Art Project

Google Cultural Institute Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

'Robert, Calvin, Martha, and William Scott and Mila -children of Reverend William Anderson Scott-'

'Robert, Calvin, Martha, and William Scott and Mila -children of Rever...

Robert, Calvin, Martha, and William Scott (children of Reverend William Anderson Scott) and Mila.

William T Ranney Marion crossing the Pee Dee detail Amon Carter Museum

William T Ranney Marion crossing the Pee Dee detail Amon Carter Museum

detail Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In Self Defense 12 W

In Self Defense 12 W

"In Self-Defense". 1876 editorial cartoon by A. B. Frost. Depicts a caricatured former Confederates in the U.S. South with a knife and smoking gun in his hands standing over the corpse of an African-American to... More

1817 Torrey Portraiture of Slavery facing p46 The Author noting down the narrative

1817 Torrey Portraiture of Slavery facing p46 The Author noting down t...

Torrey designed the illustrations for his 1817 book, Portraiture of Slavery, hiring an artist and engraver to complete them.

'Of Course He Wants To Vote The Democratic Ticket' (October 1876), Harper's Weekly

'Of Course He Wants To Vote The Democratic Ticket' (October 1876), Har...

'Of Course He Wants To Vote The Democratic Ticket' (October 1876), Harper's Weekly.

Ethiopian Concert playbill - Egypt

Ethiopian Concert playbill - Egypt

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Pollock Anshutz - The Way They Live

Thomas Pollock Anshutz - The Way They Live

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Hovenden - The Last Moments of John Brown - Google Art Project

Thomas Hovenden - The Last Moments of John Brown - Google Art Project

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

I Likes to be a Angel by Boston Public Library (cropped)

I Likes to be a Angel by Boston Public Library (cropped)

File name: 07_11_000896 Title: I Likes to be a Angel Creator/Contributor: Beard, Harry (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher) Date issued: Copyright date: 1876 Physical description note: Genre: Chromolithograph... More

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