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Josiah Henson

Josiah Henson

Photograph
1876
National Portrait Gallery
Bradshaw & Godart
Living in a Cave

Living in a Cave

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Edmund Birckhead Bensell
The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870

The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870

Print
1870
National Portrait Gallery
Metcalf & Clark
Dry-goods Merchant Searching the Cars

Dry-goods Merchant Searching the Cars

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
FOY
Death of Romulus Hall

Death of Romulus Hall

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
A Narrow Escape

A Narrow Escape

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
FOY
Mother Escaping with Seven Children

Mother Escaping with Seven Children

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Crossing the River on Horseback in the Night

Crossing the River on Horseback in the Night

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
C. H. Reed
Crossing the Bay

Crossing the Bay

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Charity Still Twice Escaped from Slavery

Charity Still Twice Escaped from Slavery

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
William and Ellen Craft

William and Ellen Craft

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Rescue of Jane Johnson and her Children

Rescue of Jane Johnson and her Children

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Mary Milburn (Secreted in a Box)

Mary Milburn (Secreted in a Box)

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Print
April 21, 1877
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist (Engraver)
Up a Tree

Up a Tree

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
FOY

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