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Emperor Frederick II, a Christian crusader from Italy, meets al-Kamil, Muslim ruler of Egypt, during the Sixth Crusade (1228-29), from a manuscript of the Nuova Cronica by Giovanni Villani, ca. 1341-48.

Engraving depicting a woman carrying a basket and tray on her head, John Money Carter, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1835, courtesy of Slavery Images.

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Engraving depicting enslaved workers ginning cotton, from Harper's Weekly Magazine, 1854, courtesy of Library Company of Philadelphia.

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Engraving of a Slave Auction in South Carolina, from Austa Malinda French, "Slavery in South Carolina and the ex-slaves," 1862.

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Engraving titled "Doing Military Duty for the Confederates" depicting enslaved workers building Confederate fortifications on James Island, South Carolina, 1863, courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collections.

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Engraving titled "Heading Herring" depicting a group of women cleaning fish, from Harper's Weekly Magazine, New York, New York, 1866, courtesy of the Internet Archive.

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Enslaved African Americans at a Christmas festival as their white enslavers observe, Frank Leslie, 1857, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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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.

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Enslaved African child in chains, wearing collar and shackles, unidentified British artist, ca. 1820-1840, courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Enslaved family at the Gaines' house, photograph by G. H. Houghton, Virginia, 1862, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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