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Slave pass for Mack, an enslaved child or man, written by slaveholder, Sarah Savage, Charleston, South Carolina, 1843, courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries.

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An enslaved woman auctioned for sale, The Illustrated London News, Richmond, Virginia, 1856, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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The Festival, by Whitney and Annin, 1852, courtesy of the Library of Pennsylvania.

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The Sabbath Among Slaves, by Thomas W. Strong, 1849, courtesy of the Library of Pennsylvania.

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Hayden R. Smith, Carolina's Golden Fields: Inland Rice Cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1860 (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Newly freed woman in a plantation kitchen, photograph by L. D. Andrew, Refuge Plantation, Woodbine, Georgia, 1880, courtesy of Library of Congress.

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"Can a mother forget her suckling child?" illustration from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the American South.

"Can a mother forget her suckling child?" illustration from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the American South.

"Slave Auction, U.S. South," illustration from Narrative of the LIfe and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the American South.

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"Oh! how shall I give my husband the parting hand never to meet again," illustration from Narrrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the American South.

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Illustration depicting an enslaved couple fleeing from slave patrollers, from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the American South.

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