Images for African American Reform Movement

Title: Am I not a man and a brother? Date Created/Published: Medium: 1 print : woodcut on wove paper ; 26.7 x 22.8 cm. Summary: The large, bold woodcut image of a supplicant male slave in chains appears on the 1837 broadside publication of John Greenleaf Whittier's antislavery poem, "Our Countrymen in Chains." The design was originally adopted as the seal of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery in England in the 1780s, and appeared on several medallions for the society made by Josiah Wedgwood as early as Here, in addition to Whittier's poem, the appeal to conscience against slavery continues with two further quotes. The first is the scriptural warning, "He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. "Exod[us] XXI, 16." Next the claim, "England has 800,000 Slaves, and she has made them free. America has 2,250,000! and she holds them fast!!!!" The broadside is advertised at "Price Two Cents Single; or $1.00 per hundred. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C USA

Title: The underground railroad / Chas. T. Webber. Date Created/Published: c1893. Medium: 1 photographic print : albumen. Summary: African Americans in wagon and on foot, escaping from slavery. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C USA

Title: Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law Date Created/Published: New York : Publ. by Hoff & Bloede, Medium: 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 33.3 x 44.3 cm. (image) Summary: An impassioned condemnation of the Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress in September 1850, which increased federal and free-state responsibility for the recovery of fugitive slaves. The law provided for the appointment of federal commissioners empowered to issue warrants for the arrest of alleged fugitive slaves and to enlist the aid of posses and even civilian bystanders in their apprehension. The print shows a group of four black men--possibly freedmen--ambushed by a posse of six armed whites in a cornfield. One of the white men fires on them, while two of his companions reload their muskets. Two of the blacks have evidently been hit; one has fallen to the ground while the second staggers, clutching the back of his bleeding head. The two others react with horror. Below the picture are two texts, one from Deuteronomy: "Thou shalt not deliver unto the master his servant which has escaped from his master unto thee. He shall dwell with thee. Even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best. Thou shalt not oppress him." The second text is from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The print is unusually well drawn and composed for a political print of the period. The handling of both the lithographic technique and the figures betray particular skill. American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Title: [Iron mask, collar, leg shackles and spurs used to restrict slaves] Date Created/Published: New York : Samuel Wood, Medium: 1 print : woodcut. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C USA 2_slave.html

Scars of a whipped slave, Photo taken at Baton Rouge, Louisiana In his own words, "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped; he discharged the overseer." This is the DVIC version

Photograph by George K. Warren (d. 1884). - This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the ARC Identifier (National Archives Identifier) This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. Douglass, circa 1874

Unidentified corpse of African American male. Gallows, courthouse-jail, and windmill in background. Nine onlookers, two young boys Location unknown. Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 3 x 5 in. The architectural details of the courthouse in the background suggest a Texas origin. Found in Texas.

Cornelius Marion (C.M.) Battey (1873–1927)[1] - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a W. E. B. Du Bois in 1918 Harris & Ewing Booker T. Washington

Malcolm X in 1964 Herman Hiller, World Telegram staff photographer - Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.

Photo by Warren K. Leffler - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca King is most famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech, given in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the ARC Identifier (National Archives Identifier) PHOTO 2 PHOTO 1 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Jack Delano - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsc

Tony Fischer - "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest” Mural on the wall of row houses in Philadelphia. The artist is Parris Stancell, sponsored by the Freedom School Mural Arts Program. Left to right; Malcolm Shabazz (Malcolm X), Ella Baker, Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass. The quote above the pictures,"We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest", is from Ella Baker, a founder of SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), a civil rights group. which amongst other contributions, helped to coordinate "Freedom Rides"in the early 1960's.