• Chicago Sanitary Fair potholder

    Burlap pot holder with red wood backing and red cotton border and loop for hanging.

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  • Slave tag

    Slave identification tag, diamond shaped whith small hole for hanging on top. Engraving on tag.

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  • Lincoln's drive through Richmond

    Carter, Dennis Malone, 1827-1881 (artist)

    Oil on canvas.

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  • After the sale: slaves going south from Richmond

    Crowe, Eyre, 1824-1910 (artist)

    Oil on canvas.

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  • Slave tag

    Lafar, John Joseph, 1781-1849 (creator)

    Diamond shaped tag with inscription: CHARLESTON/626/PORTER/1829

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  • 1830 Aggregate Census of Madison County

    United States Census Bureau

    This is a transcribed copy of the 1830 federal census of Madison County. The page this was taken from lists every county that existed in Illinois in 1830; this copy only lists Madison County. It inclu…

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  • Portrait of John Jones

    Darling, Aaron E. (artist)

    Oil on canvas.

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  • Slave tag

    Lafar, John Joseph, 1781-1849 (creator)

    Slave identification tag, diamond shaped whith small hole for hanging on top. Engraving on tag.

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  • 1830 Census Abstract for Madison County

    This is a transcribed copy of the 1830 abstract federal census of Madison County. This lists the total number of people, the number of free inhabitants, the number of enslaved inhabitants, and the pop…

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  • 1840 Aggregate Census of Madison County

    United States Census Bureau

    This is a transcribed copy of the 1840 federal census of Madison County, including data on the county as a whole and specific towns and precincts. The page this was taken from lists every county that…

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  • American slave market

    Taylor (artist)

    Oil on canvas.

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  • 1820 Aggregate Census of Madison County

    Connar, Henry, Census Marshall

    This is a transcribed copy of the 1820 federal census of Madison County. The page this was taken from lists every county that existed in Illinois in 1820; this copy only lists Madison County. It inclu…

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