The Story of Isaac and Rosa, the Emancipated Slave Children from New Orleans, 1863
The boy and girl looked toward the camera. They were just old enough to understa…
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The ‘White’ Slave Children of New Orleans in Rare Photographs, 1863
On January 30, 1864, Harper’s Weekly started to publish portraits of children captio…
Scars of Gordon: The Story of a Whipped Louisiana Slave From 1863
The famous “whipped slave” photograph pictures the runaway slave Gordon exposing…
Rescued Slaves Crowd the Deck of the HMS Daphne, 1868
Rescued East African slaves taken from a dhow aboard HMS Daphne, a British naval…
Colonial Belgian Congo: A Slave Father Gazing at His Daughter’s Severed Hand and Foot, 1904
The photograph was taken by Alice Seeley Harris, the man's name is Nsala. Here i…
Australian Aborigines in Chains: Photos From the 1900s
This picture is taken in the early 1900s at the Wyndham prison. Wyndham is the o…
Slave Shackle Being Removed by a British Sailor, 1907
This photograph shows a sailor removing the manacle from a newly freed slave. …
Selknam Natives En Route to Europe for Display in Human Zoos, 1899
With the permission of the Chilean government in 1889, eleven Selk'nam natives i…
Lady in a Litter Being Carried by Her slaves: Photo From Brazil, 1860
These two men are manumitted slaves. Manumission is the act of a slave owner fre…