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

"Admiral Porter's Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg," Currier & Ives, 1863, courtesy of the Beverley R. Robinson Collection,U.S. Naval Academy Museum.

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"African Americans working," Charleston, South Carolina: Cotton warehouse, carrying cotton, ca. 1879, courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.

"African Continent," Eric Gaba, Poland, 2008.

"African Negroes On Board the Frigate Niagara," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,Charleston Museum Archives, Illustrated Newspapers Collection, courtesy of the Charleston Museum.

4. The correspondent of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper describes the Africans' transfer to the U.S.S. Niagara. Frank Leslie's was published in New York City and had a national audience. Its coverage of the Echo case indicates how sensational…

"Am I Not A Man And A Brother?," 1787, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

"An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontiers," London, 1775, Henry Mouzon, courtesy of Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

"An Act to Amend the Charter of the...College of Charleston," Charleston, South Carolina, 1949, courtesy of College of Charleston Special Collections.

"An Appeal," poem by Penina Moïse, courtesy of Special Collections at College of Charleston Libraries.

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"An exact prospect of Charlestown: the metropolis of the province of South Carolina," 1762, London Magazine, courtesy of Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

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