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The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas

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Underground Railroad

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Slave shackles
ca. 1866
The Fugitive's Story
September 7, 1869
Lantern
1750-1800
Thoughts of the Future (Thoughts of Liberia, Emancipation)
1861
Basket
ca. 1820-1830
Sojourner Truth Monument
1999
Figural group
ca. 1860-1900
Ceremonial New York City street sign for Frederick Douglass Landing
2005
William Leete Stone, Sr. (1792-1844)
ca. 1825-1830
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
1864
John Brown (1800-1859)
ca. 1855-1860
Pitchers (pair)
1818
Fred[erick] Douglass (1817-1895)
n.d.
Pepper box
ca. 1730
General David Hunter (1802-1886) on Horseback
c. 1864
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
ca. 1869
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Plate
ca. 1946
Swing Low: A Harriet Tubman memorial
2007
William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)
n.d.
Dred Scott (ca. 1795-1858)
After 1857
The Slave Auction
1859
Peter Williams (1750-1823)
ca. 1810-15
Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia
1888
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
ca. 1825
Figural group
ca. 1860-1900
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
Figural group
ca. 1855
Frances Wright (1795-1852)
1824
Wounded Scout, A Friend In the Swamp
1864
The Game of Tight Rope
1870
"John Brown" pike
ca. 1857-1859
John Brown's Blessing
1867
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
1887
Pitcher
1818
Creative: Tronvig Group