| James Lafayette, born a slave, served as a spy for the Americans, met Lafayette in 1824, and took his name. Facsimile Manuscript Letter: 1784 (Nov 21) Letter re: James, Lafayette's attendant during the American Revolution. Marquis de Lafayette Collections, Inventory Series X. Broadsides and Printed Ephemera: 1780 -Box 1, Folder 3. Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042 | |
| Richard Norris Brooke, "A Pastoral Visit," VA, 1881, oil on canvas, 47 3/4 x 65 3/4" In the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 - 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, 500 - 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006. All rights reserved. Accession No. 81.8. Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund. Our thanks to The Corcoran. | |
| William Sidney Mount, "The Bone Player," 1856, oil on canvas, 91.76 x 73.98 cm (36 1/8 x 29 1/8 in.) Copyright Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115-5523. Bequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865, 1948. Accession number: 48.461. All rights reserved. | |
| Ad, Congress Stove Polish, New York, c. 1861; nasty middle-class children attack servant with polish Location unknown | |
| Basketmakers at Boone Hall plantation, SC, built after 1681 Copyright holder unknown. The Charleston Postcard Co., Charleston, SC. | |
| Hiram Powers, "The Greek Slave," 1851, marble, 165.7 x 53.3 x 46.4 cm Karen Halttunen photo. Yale University Art Gallery, PO Box 208271, New Haven, CT 06520-8271. Olive Louise Dann Fund. | |
| Winslow Homer, "The Gulf Stream," 1899, oil on canvas; 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.4 x 124.8 cm)
Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028-0198. Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1906 (06.1234). All rights reserved. http://metmus.org | |
| A warning to fugitive slaves. "CAUTION!" This placard was posted in Boston by a vigilance committee as a warning to fugitive slaves. Chicago Public Library, 400 South State St., Chicago, IL 60605. In Walter Goodman, Black Bondage, 1969, p. 131. 8.9.6 |







