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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist

George Washington and Family

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1864
National Portrait Gallery
William Sartain
Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

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1773
National Portrait Gallery
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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1876
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George Kendall Warren
Frontispiece to

Frontispiece to "A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery"

Book
1843
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John Cochran
Elizabeth Keckley (frontispiece to

Elizabeth Keckley (frontispiece to "Behind the Scenes")

Book
c. 1868
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Photograph
c. 1893
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Sallie E. Garrity
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

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1870
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Metcalf & Clark
Death of Romulus Hall

Death of Romulus Hall

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1872
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Unidentified Artist
W. Wells Brown (frontispiece to

W. Wells Brown (frontispiece to "The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad"

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1855
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Richard Woodman
Shields Green's Choice

Shields Green's Choice

Sculpture
2021
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Marshall D. Rumbaugh
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

Periodical
1750
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1845
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E. W. Bouvé Lithography Co.
William and Ellen Craft

William and Ellen Craft

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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

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