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  • Slave leg shackles

    Pair of leg shackles with a seven-link chain. Hinged cuffs fit around the ankles and are closed with a bolt (one bolt is missing.)

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  • Advertisement for slave auction

    Brooke & Hubbard (creator)

    Broadside advertising a slave auction outside of Brooke and Hubbard Auctioneers office, Richmond, Virginia, July 23, 1823.

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  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Watriss, A. Whiting (photographer)

    Life-size model of Uncle Tom's Cabin from the book of the same name in the yard at the Libby Prison War Museum, Chicago, Illinois, 1890-1915.

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  • Emancipation Proclamation table

    Table of mahogany with drawers having knob handles on each side. Turned legs.

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  • American slave market

    Taylor (artist)

    Oil on canvas.

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  • Slave shoes

    Pair of slip-on clog style shoes handmade from leather, wood and ferrous metal. The base of each shoes is carved from a single piece of wood, to which the leather upper is attached my means of ferrous…

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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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  • Plantation hoe blade

    W. Alyndon (manufacturer)

    Hoe (no handle) blade of iron.

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  • Lincoln's drive through Richmond

    Carter, Dennis Malone, 1827-1881 (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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  • John Brown's commemorative medal

    Wurden, Jean, 1807-1874 (artist)

    Medal of bronze.

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  • Elijah Lovejoy's printing press

    Frame of printing press. Painted black. Thick coil (L:5.5') on one side. Two parallel anvil like bars on bottom of frame. Frame is supported by two pairs of legs on either side and has three grooves e…

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  • Portrait of John C. Calhoun

    Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896 (photographer)

    Portrait of John Caldwell Calhoun by Mathew B. Brady, circa 1849. Published by E. Anthony, New York.

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  • After the sale: slaves going south from Richmond

    Crowe, Eyre, 1824-1910 (artist)

    Oil on canvas.

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  • Portrait of John Jones

    Darling, Aaron E. (artist)

    Oil on canvas.

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  • Shackles

    Pair of leg shackles with screw bolt locking device. Cuffs are connected by a 5-linked chain.

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  • 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

    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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