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"The Panic - Run on the Fourth National Bank," New York City, New York, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 4 October 1873, courtesy of the Library of Congress. The Panic of 1873 caused northern economic concerns to take precendent over the struggles of southern freedpeople.

"A Visit from the Old Mistress," painting by Winslow Homer, 1876, courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Company E, 4th US Colored Troops at Fort Lincoln, outside of Washington D.C., 17 November 1865, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Moriscos, drawing from Trachtenbuch by Christoph Weiditz, ca. 1530-1540, courtesy of the Germanisches National Museum. Weiditz was a German painter who documented European peasant costumes.

View of the Elmina slave castle on the north-west side, located on the gold coast of Guinea (present day Ghana), Atlas Blaeu van der Hem, ca. 1665-1668.

Lithographic plate showing harvesting of sugarcane on a Trinidad sugar plantation, created by Richard Bridgens, 1836.

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Map of Portuguese discoveries, exploration, contacts and conquests, 1336 to 1543, created 2009. Arrival dates noted with location; main sea routes to the Indian Ocean in blue; and territories claimed under King John III of Portugal (r. 1521-57) in green.

Portrait of Bartolomé de las Casas, ca. 16th century, courtesy of the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Spain.

Map of Americas where Spanish settled and often attempted to enslave American Indians, engraving by Theodor de Bry, ca. 1594, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Columbus landing on Hispaniola on 6 December 1492, greeted by Arawaks, engraving by Theodor De Bry, ca. 1594, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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