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African American workers on Cape Fear River rice plantation, N.C. Weeding, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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African American workers on Cape Fear River rice plantation, North Carolina, 1866,Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

African American workers weeding on a Cape Fear River rice plantation, North Carolina, 1866, wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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African American working: at the pump, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1879, courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division.

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African Americans carrying rice, South Carolina, ca. 1895, Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views, courtesy of Strohmeyer & Wyman.

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African Americans carrying sheaves of rice, South Carolina, 1895, courtesy of the New York Public Library.

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African Americans carrying sheaves of rice, South Carolina, 1895, courtesy of the New York Public Library.

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African Americans in front of cabin in South Carolina, ca. 1860-1900, courtesy of Black America.

African Americans preparing cotton for the gin, photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Port Royal, South Carolina, 1862, courtesy of Library of Congress.

African burial ground, Manhattan, New York, ca. 1700s. The African Burial Ground National Monument currently preserves this site containing the remains of more than 400 enslaved and free Africans buried during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in New York City. Slavery was generally more prevalent and politically supported in New York City than other northern cities such as Philadelphia and Boston.

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