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Illustration of a white mistress whipping an enslaved African American girl from Picture of Slavery in the United States of America, 1834, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Illustration of both male and female enslavers beating an enslaved African American woman, from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the South.

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Pass for an enslaved woman named Grace, Charleston, South Carolina, 1849, courtesy of the College of Charleston Libraries.

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African American women selling sweet potatoes, from The Illustrated London News, sketch by Eyre Crowe, Charleston, South Carolina, 1861, courtesy of Slave Images.

Women selling Sweet Potatoes, Charleston, South Carolina, 1861.jpg

Sketch of enslaved African Americans outside of their cabins, from Sketches from the North American War, 1861-65, Adolf Carlsson Warberg, circa 1861, courtesy of University of Virginia Library.

Illustration of enslaved African American family outside of a cabin on a rice plantation, from Harper's Weekly, T. Addison Richards, 1859, courtesy of University of Virginia.

Depiction of enslaved African Americans outside of their cabins from Sketches from the North American War, 1861-65, Adolf Carlsson Warberg, circa 1861, courtesy of University of Virginia Library.

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Enslaved African Americans outside of their plantation cabin homes, from Scribner's Monthly, Charleston, South Carolina, 1874, courtesy of University of Virginia Library.

Houses of Plantation Slaves, South Carolinia, 1860.jpg

Enslaved nursemaid with grandchildren of a Virginia governor, Virginia, circa 1790, courtesy of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Enslaved Nursemaid with White Children, Virginia, 1790s.jpg

Depiction of two enslaved domestic workers and an enslaved child playing at the servitude of white children titled "Domestic Life in South Carolina," printed in The Illustrated London News, 1863, courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Enslaved House Servants and White Children, South Carolina, 1863.jpg

Illustration of an enslaved cook, David Hunter Strother, Virginia, 1856, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Female Cook in her Kitchen, Virginia, early 1850s.jpg

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