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The Plantation, ca. 1825, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This painting by an unknown artist depicts fields for cultivating cash crops, a ship for exporting goods, and a large mansion, but enslaved laborers are notably absent from this representation of plantation life. The role of slavery in producing plantation wealth is often erased or romanticized in American popular culture, from during the time of slaveryinto the present.

The program for the City of Charleston Community Prayer and Healing Vigil, June 19, 2015, Charleston, South Carolina.

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The program for the City of Charleston Community Prayer and Healing Vigil, June 19, 2015, Charleston, South Carolina.

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The program for the City of Charleston Community Prayer and Healing Vigil, June 19, 2015, Charleston, South Carolina.

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The Progressive Club Marker, photograph by Emily Pigott, Charleston, South Carolina, November 2015.

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The ransoming of Christian slaves held by Turkish, drawing by Giovanni Maria Morandi, ca. 1600s, courtesy of Musée du Louvre.

The Remembrance Committee
Image courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service

The Royal Insurance Co., 1857, courtesy of the Internet Archive.

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The Royal Insurance Co., 1857, courtesy of the Internet Archive.

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

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