Flag made for and carried by Jack London during the Russo-Japanese War
Harriet, The Moses of Her People
Bill of sale to a freed Black man, Adam, purchasing his daughter Jenny
1778
Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Bill of sale to a freed Black man, Adam, purchasing his daughter Jenny
A bill of sale for a freeman’s purchase of his enslaved daughter is a small piece of paper of outsized importance. A tangible articulation of the baseness of the institution of slavery, this receipt also conveys the endurance of a father’s love, expressed through a gift to his child of the most treasured possession: freedom.
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Flag made for and carried by Jack London during the Russo-Japanese War
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Bill of sale to a freed Black man, Adam, purchasing his daughter Jenny
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Harriet, The Moses of Her People
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Gay Liberation Front poster
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“Silence = Death” poster
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