Artifacts  ↑

The Almighty has no Attribute..., Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint, silk fringe by unknown, Boston, 1843 God Himself is with Us for our Captain..., Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint by unknown, Boston, 1843 Great Is Truth! Great Is Liberty!..., Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint, silk fringe by unknown, Boston, 1843 The Liberator commenced January 1st 1831, Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint, silk fringe, 1843 Our Fanaticism! All Men Are Created Equal!..., Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint, silk fringe, 1843 Our Trust for Victory is solely in God..., Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint, silk fringe by unknown, Boston, 1843 Proclaim Liberty throughout all The Land..., Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint, silk fringe by unknown, Boston, 1843 Shall a republic which could not bear the bonds of a King..., Garrison antislavery banner
Cotton, paint by unknown, Boston, 1843 This Is The Lord's Doing, Garrison's antislavery banner
Cotton, paint by unknown, Boston, 1843 Billy club
Wood, lead, circa 1845 Billy clubs
Wood, circa 1845 Am I Not A Woman And A Sister
Glass embossing seal by unidentified artist after Josiah Wedgwood, 19th century? Iron yoke collar
Iron , 19th century Am I Not A Woman And A Sister
Copper medal, 1838 Whip
Vellum , 19th century Whip
Leather , 19th century

Broadsides and Tickets  ↑

Anti-Slavery Meetings!
Broadside by the Worcester County South Division Anti-Slavery Society Antislavery wafers
Wafers attributed to Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, circa 1850 Church Anti-Slavery Society, Second Anniversary, Tremont Temple ...
Broadside by the Church Anti-Slavery Society Comparison of Products, Population, and Resources of the Free and Slave States
Broadside The Cotton Kingdom
Broadside by Edward Atkinson The Dorchester Anti-Slavery Society's Celebration. July 4th, 1835
Broadside Envelope for antislavery wafers
Attributed to Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, circa 1850 First Anniversary of the Kidnapping of Thomas Sims, by the City of Boston
Broadside For the Twenty-Fifth National Anti-Slavery Subscription Anniversary, at the Music Hall, Boston, Wednesday Evening, January 26, 1859
Broadside Great Anti-Slavery Meetings!
Broadside Great Massachusetts Petition
Broadside attributed to the Latimer Committee Hymns, for the Rural Anti-Slavery Celebration, at Dedham, July 4, 1846
Broadside Liberty's Song
Broadside The Man is Not Bought! He is Still in the Slave Pen in the Court House!
Broadside Murderers, Thieves and Blacklegs Employed by Marshal Freeman!
Broadside No Slavery! Fourth of July! The Managers of the Mass. Anti-Slavery Soc'y ...
Broadside Order of Services at the First Anniversary of the Kidnapping of Thomas Sims, April 12, 1852
Broadside Slave Market of America
Broadside issued by American Anti-Slavery Society A Startling Fact!
Broadside Stop Thief
Broadside Ticket to the Anti-Slavery Bazaar in Boston, Massachusetts, 1855-1856
Ticket attributed to Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 1855-1856 Ticket to the Anti-Slavery Refreshment Room, May 29-31, 1855
Ticket attributed to Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 1855 Ticket to the 23rd Anti-Slavery Bazaar in Boston, Massachusetts, 1857
Ticket attributed to Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 1857 The Twenty-Fifth National Anti-Slavery Subscription Anniversary. You are cordially invited by the Ladies ...
Broadside The Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society will be held in Boston, at Mercantile Hall, Summer Street, Thursday & Friday, ...
Broadside by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

Engravings and Prints  ↑

African American female, chained and kneeling ...
Stipple engraving by Patrick Henry Reason, after an image by Josiah Wedgwood, 1835 George Latimer
Lithograph The Innocent Cause of the War
Lithograph James Armistead Lafayette
Stipple engraving by unidentified artist after the painting by John B. Martin, 19th century "The Mill-boy of the Slashes!"
Lithograph, circa 1844 Scene on the Coast of Africa
Engraving by Charles E. Wagstaff after Francois August Biard

Manuscripts  ↑

Diagram to show the drill the Anti-Man-Hunting League had for the running off of a slave or man-hunter
Ink on paper by Henry I. Bowditch, circa 1854-1859

Patriotic Covers  ↑

Patriotic covers were a popular form of visual propaganda and became a collector’s item during the Civil War. Produced both in the North and South, these envelopes featured patriotic imagery and slogans, although some—primarily printed in the North—employed stereotypical and exaggerated images of the speech, dress, and physical characteristics of African Americans. Be advised that some of the following items contain racist descriptions and imagery.

"Bress de Lor, we am Contraban"
Patriotic cover "By golly Massa Butler. I like dis better dan workin' in de field for ole Sesesh massa"
Patriotic cover Come back here you black rascal. Can't come back nohow, massa; Dis chile's Contraban'
Patriotic cover Confederate Bonds
Patriotic cover Dinah and Pompey
Patriotic cover Dis Chile's Contraban'
Patriotic cover Dixie's Land
Patriotic cover "Him fader's hope, Him moder's joy, Him darling little Contraband Boy"
Patriotic cover "I wouldn't pull down dat flag, Massa George ..."
Patriotic cover I'm glad I'm not in Dixie! Hooray! Hooray!
Patriotic cover engraved by Tyler I'm Just from Dixie's Land
Patriotic cover The Innocent Cause of the War
Patriotic cover Jeff the Dictator as he is; as he should be Jeff the Dig-tater-er
Patriotic cover John Bull's Sympathy
Patriotic cover A King for the South
Patriotic cover The Lock and Key
Patriotic cover Map of the Seat of War
Patriotic cover Massa can't have dis chile, dat's what's de matter: The latest contraband of war
Patriotic cover Music by the "Contra-Band"
Patriotic cover The "Peculiar" Institution
Patriotic cover The "Peculiar Institution": Secession's Moving Foundation. Tendency due North -- via "Monroe"
Patriotic cover The persuasive eloquence of the Sunny South
Patriotic cover The Result of Secession
Patriotic cover Secession
Patriotic cover Southern Chivalry, Richmond, VA.
Patriotic cover Dis Chile's Contraban'
Patriotic cover Washwoman Davis
Patriotic cover "We is de innocent root ob dis yere trubble, Mass' Jeff, but its gwine to take all us poor niggas' breff away to keep de wind in it"
Patriotic cover "Whar's Jeff Davis?"
Patriotic cover You had better get out dere, Massa Jeff, and go Norf, dey soon cool you or any oder man
Patriotic cover

Photographs  ↑

African Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts
Photograph, circa 1892 The branded hand of Captain Jonathan Walker
Daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes, 1845 Young Africa. Or the Bone of Contention.
Photograph

Portraits  ↑

Governor John Albion Andrew
Portrait, oil on canvas by William Morris Hunt, 1867 George Livermore
Portrait, oil on canvas by James Carroll Beckwith, 1904 Louisa Gilman Loring (Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring)
Portrait, watercolor on paper by William Page, circa 1844 - 1849 Louisa Gilman Loring (Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring)
Portrait, oil on canvas by William Page, circa 1844 - 1849 Ellis Gray Loring
Portrait, charcoal and white chalk on paper by Eastman Johnson, circa 1848 Wendell Phillips
Portrait, oil on canvas by Charles V. Bond, 1849 Wendell Phillips
Portrait, oil on canvas by unidentified artist of the American school, [circa 1880] Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
Portrait, pastel on paper by Cloyd L. Boykin, ca. 1915 Catherine Sargent
Miniature portrait, watercolor on ivory by Caroline Negus, 1838 Charles Sumner
Portrait, oil on canvas by Darius Cobb, 1877 Charles Sumner
Oil on canvas by unidentified artist, [187-]

Sculpture  ↑

John Albion Andrew
Marble bust by Thomas Ridgeway Gould, 1864 William Lloyd Garrison
Marble bust by Anne Whitney, 1878 Samuel E. Sewall
Marble bust by Anne Whitney, 1884 Charles Sumner
Marble bust by Thomas Crawford, circa 1837-1839