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Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel

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Republican campaign song: Lincoln & Hamlin
1860
The Life of Arthur Tappan
1870
Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Kind
1796
Observations sur l'origine et les progres du prejuge des colons blancs contre les hommes de couleur; sur les inconveniens de le perpetuer; la necessite, la facilite de la detruire; sur le projet du Comite colonial..., etc.
1791
State of Delaware response to Tilton
September 12, 1864
Important meeting of the African Civilization Society, at the Cooper Institute, Wednesday evening, March 7th, 1860, at eight o'clock
1860
The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
1819
A voice from Harper's Ferry : a narrative of events at Harper's Ferry, with incidents prior and subsequent to its capture by Captain Brown and his men
1861
Shipping a piano from France to Louisiana
1860
Miranda to Pres. Adam, March 24, 1798
1798
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
1880
Plea of Alexander Hamilton in case of Rutgers vs. Waddington
February 14, 1784
A history of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus
1828
The Committees of both Houses of Congress, appointed to take order for conducting the ceremonial of the formal reception, & c. of the President of the United States
1789
Letter from John James Audubon to Ferdinand Rozier
December 30, 1811
The Crayon
1855
Ye book of copperheads
1863
A word for the African: a sermon, for the benefit of the American colonization society, delivered in the Second Presbyterian church, Newark, July 24, 1825
1825
Examen du gouvernement D'Angleterre, compare aux constitutions des etats-unis
1789
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
ca. 1788
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
1835
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
1862
"The Harper's Ferry Insurrection - The U.S. Marines Storming the Engine-House - Insurgents Firing through Holes in the Doors"
October 29, 1859
Address of the New-York City Anti-Slavery Society, to the people of the city of New-York
1833
Pocket Map of the Panama Canal

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