"Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery" was recently published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1. The book features more than 150 photographs and offers a look at the people who were affected by emancipation. Here, Emancipation Day is celebrated in Richmond, Virginia, in 1905.
'Envisioning Emancipation' —
"Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery" was recently published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1. The book features more than 150 photographs and offers a look at the people who were affected by emancipation. Here, Emancipation Day is celebrated in Richmond, Virginia, in 1905.
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Near Marshall, Texas, in 1939, a formerly enslaved man holds a horn with which slaves were called.
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Near Marshall, Texas, in 1939, a formerly enslaved man holds a horn with which slaves were called.
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Abolitionist and slave rescuer Harriet Tubman is seen in the 1860s.
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Abolitionist and slave rescuer Harriet Tubman is seen in the 1860s.
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A family gathers at the Hermitage plantation in Savannah, Georgia, in 1907.
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A family gathers at the Hermitage plantation in Savannah, Georgia, in 1907.
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A portrait of renowned educator, author and political adviser Booker T. Washington, circa 1915.
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A portrait of renowned educator, author and political adviser Booker T. Washington, circa 1915.
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Georgia-born slave Susie King Taylor became a nurse to black Union soldiers during the Civil War. She's seen here in 1902. She wrote "Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers" and taught freed slave children in school.
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Georgia-born slave Susie King Taylor became a nurse to black Union soldiers during the Civil War. She's seen here in 1902. She wrote "Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers" and taught freed slave children in school.
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The bones of soldiers killed in battle are collected in Cold Harbor, Virginia, in 1865.
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The bones of soldiers killed in battle are collected in Cold Harbor, Virginia, in 1865.
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Nick Biddle of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is considered by many to be the first man wounded in the Civil War. (Baltimore, 1861)
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Nick Biddle of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is considered by many to be the first man wounded in the Civil War. (Baltimore, 1861)
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Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran in Arlington, Virginia, in 1865.
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Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran in Arlington, Virginia, in 1865.
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This woman is believed to be Sarah McGill Russwurm, sister of Urias A. McGill and widow of John Russwurm, in 1854. John Russwurm helped start Freedom's Journal, the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States.
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This woman is believed to be Sarah McGill Russwurm, sister of Urias A. McGill and widow of John Russwurm, in 1854. John Russwurm helped start Freedom's Journal, the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States.
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