SLAVERY IMAGES

A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora

SLAVERY IMAGES

A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora

The images in Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery before c. 1900.

Our growing collection currently has over 1,200 images. This website is envisioned as a tool and a resource that can be used by teachers, researchers, students, and the general public - in brief, anyone interested in the experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World.

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Capture of Slaves & Coffles in Africa

Domestic Servants & Free People of Color

Emancipation & Post-Slavery Life

European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa

Family Life, Child Care, Schools

Marketing & Urban Scenes

Military Activities & U.S. Civil War

Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities

Music, Dance & Recreational Activities

New World Agriculture & Plantation Labor

Physical Punishment, Rebellion, Running Away

Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses

Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals

Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture

Religion & Mortuary Practices

Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas

Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)

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