 Broadside Reacting to the Fugitive Slave Act |
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This broadside was distributed in Boston following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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 Indian Territory with Part of the Adjoining State of Kansas &c. |
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The map shows the treaty-designated territories of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole Nations after the conclusion of the Civil War and the signing of each tribe’s 1866 Treaty. Notably, the territories of each nation were significantly reduced.
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 Notice to Republican Voters of the 9th Congressional District of Virginia |
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This broadside publicized information about new voting laws and poll taxes in Virginia.
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 Omaha's Riot in Story & Pictures |
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This series of photographs document the race riot in Omaha that culminated in the lynching of Will Brown in front of the Douglas County Courthouse. In the first, as many as 20,000 people gather outside an already damaged courthouse. In the second, white rioters smile around the remains of the police car they had set ablaze. And in the third, federal troops guard the intersection of 24th and Lake streets, an area with a large number of Black homes and businesses.
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 Poll Tax Receipt for Lee Carr |
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An image of a poll tax receipt from Texas. Poll taxes were a tool to prevent Black people and poor people from voting, since the poll tax was often a significant percentage of someone's weekly income.
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 Stowage of the British slave ship "Brookes" under the Regulated Slave Trade Act |
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This image was used by English abolitionists to demonstrate the terrible conditions aboard slave ships.
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 Walnut Street Prison |
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An etching of the Walnut Street Prison in Philadelphia. Established as a city jail in 1773, it was expanded in 1790 to become the first state penitentiary in the new country. This prison was among the first to feature individual cells and was built to accommodate work details. The penitentiary was noted to have a larger percentage of Black inmates than white, noting the racialization of incarceration in the United States. The prison was in operation until 1838.
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