Jamestown Virginia was the first place in America to open up to slavery, these are where the first slaves were brought.
The Swamp by Ron Attwood
When runaway slaves had no where else to go, far before the underground railroad, slaves known as "Maroons" would hide far far into the deep swamps of the south, and set up small towns there.
Transatlantic slave-ship.
This is a drawing of a transatlantic trade slave-ship, this shows the horrible conditions slaves faced while being taken to America.
Slave rebellion New York City
This is a painting of the Slave rebellion of NYC in 1712.
Horrid Massacre in Virginia
In 1831 Nat Turner, a slave, seized an chance to gain freedom, he started a rebellion in Southhampton county, Virginia. Nat, along with 70 other slaves, fought for 2 days straight.
Young Martin Luther King Jr.
I choose this picture because it represents what a young preacher from Alabama could do, Dr. Martin was just an ordinary guy who had a dream, and he fought for his dream.
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
