Negroes de carro ; Barque Brésilienne faite avec un cuir de boeuf
Ilustrations show Black laborers hauling loaded cart on street and a small boat towed by man in water.
Free Negroes in Hayti (from Confederate War Etchings)
Adalbert John Volck (American (born Germany), Augsburg 1828–1912 Baltimore, Maryland)
Free Negroes in the North (from Confederate War Etchings)
Adalbert John Volck (American (born Germany), Augsburg 1828–1912 Baltimore, Maryland)
Negroes (Gwine to de Field), Hopkinson's Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
In late fall 1861 or spring 1862, Henry P. Moore, a New Hampshire photographer, traveled from his home in Concord to make portraits of the Third New Hampshire Regiment in camp in Union-occupied coastal South Ca... more
The emancipation of the negroes, January, 1863 - The past and the future / Drawn by Mr. Thomas Nast.
Below rays of "Emancipation," a scene of African Americans enjoying a comfortable home life is flanked by scenes of the past, including the selling and abuse of slaves, and scenes of the future, including educa... more
Emancipation of the Negroes – The Past and the Future (from Harper's Weekly)
On January 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order based on his constitutional authority as commander in chief. All enslaved persons in Confederate territory were declar... more
The war in the southwest - Adjutant-General Thomas addressing the Negroes in Louisiana on the duties of freedom / from photograph.
Print shows a large crowd of African American men, women, and children, some wearing military uniforms, listening to Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas speak "on the duties and responsibilities of freedom."
Free Negroes in the North
Satire on the degraded condition of free blacks in the northern United States.
Free Negroes in Hayti
Satire on the savage condition of blacks in Haiti as cannibals who sacrifice children.
Negroes hiding in the swamps of Louisiana / Sheppard del. ; J.L. Langridge sc.
African Americans by a camp fire under lean-to.
"Halt!" "This is not the way 'to repress corruption and to initiate the Negroes into the ways of honest and orderly government.'" / Th. Nast.
Illustration related to the story "Louisiana and the rule of terror. A female figure of Justice swinging sword of Law into ranks of White Men's League, who are standing on body of African American man.
[Two Negroes leaning over a log] / O. Pierre Havens, (successor to Wilson & Havens,) photographer, 143 Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga.
Stereograph shows two African American boys leaning on a log and staring into space.
[Negroes playing chess, Algiers, Algeria]
Historic Sites
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Proportion of freemen and slaves among American Negroes.
Line graph shows percentage of African Americans in slavery between 1790 and 1870.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] The rise of the Negroes from slavery to freedom in one generation.
Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans in slavery in 1860 and percentage of African Americans who owned property in 1890.
[The Georgia Negro] Occupations of Georgia Negroes. Males over 10.
Bar graph shows number of males in various occupations in 1890.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Proportion of Negroes in the total population of the United States / / Done by Atlanta University.
Maps show percentages of African Americans in the United States between 1800 and 1890.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Assessed value of property owned by Negroes in three states of the United States.
Diagram shows value of property owned by African Americans in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Mortality of American Negroes.
Bar graph shows mortality rates of African Americans in Philadelphia and the United States.
[The Georgia Negro] Valuation of town and city property owned by Georgia Negroes.
Graph shows increases and decreases of property owned by African Americans in Georgia between 1870 and 1900.
[The Georgia Negro] Assessed valuation of of all taxable property owned by Georgia Negroes.
Diagram shows value of taxable property owned by African Americans in Georgia between 1875 and 1890.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Religion of American Negroes.
Bar graph shows number of African Americans practicing various Christian religions.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] City and rural population among American Negroes in the former slave states.
Line graph shows percentage of African Americans in rural and urban environments between 1860 and 1890.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Pauperism among American Negroes.
Diagram shows number of African American almshouse residents.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Occupations in which 10,000 or more American Negroes are engaged / / Done by Atlanta University.
Bar graph shows number of African Americans in various occupations.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Occupations in which American Negroes are engaged / / Done by Atlanta University.
Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans in various occupations by sex.