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An illustration of enslavers branding a captured African woman in West Africa, from Captain Canot Or Twenty Years of an African Slaver, 1854.

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Wood engraving depicting Margaret Garner, an enslaved African American woman who murdered her children to avoid thier re-enslavement, Thomas Noble, 1867, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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African American women and children street vendors, Charleston, South Carolina, 1879, courtesy of the College of Charleston Libraries.

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Cover page of A Domestic Cook Book Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen, Malinda Russell, 1866, courtesy of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive.

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Group of African American women, enslaved or newly freed, holding babies outside cabins, Sam A. Cooley, Port Royal, South Carolina, circa 1860, courtesy of the Beaufort County Library.

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A group of African Americans posing in a cotton field, Launey & Goebel, Savannah, Georgia, circa 1867, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Medical record of vaccinated and capable women and children, Beaufort Contraband Department, Beaufort, South Carolina, circa 1860s, courtesy of the National Archives.

Land order for Richard Brown, James Island, South Carolina, 1865, courtesy of the National Archives.

Approved widow pension application for Mary Anne Shaw, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 1868, courtesy of the National Archives.

Elizabeth Russel's Petition Letter to the St. Andrew's Society, Elizabeth Russel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1758, courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries.

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