In 1861 the civil war began between the confederate and union states.During that time period their was 40 millions slaves located in america,Slaves were used as tools and they worked for free,They were beaten and worked almost all day in the hot sun with NO break The north did not need slaves only the south by the union.Most of the times they tried escaping to the north for freedom.But in 1863 president Lincoln enacted the proclamation which declared freedom for all slaves
Is he not man?or brother?
In the 1800's society labeled all negro´s slaves and nothing more than slaves so in this particular photo he's describing the abolition of slavery and stating is he equal yet or is he a man or a brother.
Negros for sale!
Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England by Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck, showing the King from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three quarter profile. [more]
petition of slavery
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Slaves were bought and sold at auctions like household objects or livestock,used as barter or payment for debt,or their services were sold to earn money for their masters.
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
Salves were treated like
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]
