EditorialPortrait of the author, William Brown. William Wells Brown (circa 1814 – November 6, 1884) was a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian in the United States. Born into slavery. he escaped in 1834. [Narra...
EditorialMr Aldridge of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, [commonly known as the African Roscius.] in the character of Othello. Ira Frederick Aldridge (July 24, 1807 – August 7, 1867) was an African-American and later British stage actor and playwright. He bec...
EditorialThe second contest between Cribb & Molineux, September 28, 1811. Tom Molineaux (1784 – 1818) was an African-American bare-knuckle boxer. Tom Cribb (8 July 1781 – 11 May 1848) was an English bare-knuckle boxer. In 1810 Cribb was awarded the Briti...
EditorialHarriet Tubman. Portrait. African-American abolitionist and Union spy during the American Civil War. She also campaigned for women's suffrage. . Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. W. J. Moses: Auburn, 1869. Source: 10882.aaa.11.
EditorialThe signature of Benjamin Banneker, a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer. . Banneker the Afric-American Astronomer. From the posthumous papers of M. E. Tyson. Friends' Book Association: Philadelphia, 18...
EditorialPhillis Wheatley (c.1753-1785). African-American poet. Portrait. She published 'Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral', the first book published by an African-American and the second by an American woman. Poems on various subjects, etc. London...
EditorialLady of the Lake, ca. 1936?39, Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 36 in. (52.1 x 91.4 cm), Paintings, Horace Pippin (American, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1888?1946 West Chester, Pennsylvania), A self-taught artist from Pennsylvania, Pippin only started making art...
EditorialEmma Van Name, ca. 1805, Made in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, Oil on canvas, 29 ? 23 in. (73.7 ? 58.4 cm), Paintings, Joshua Johnson (American, ca. 1763?ca. 1824), This compelling portrait of a Maryland toddler is widely regarded as an icon of A...
EditorialLife in camp, part 2; Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910, artist; L. Prang & Co. , publisher; Boston : Published by L. Prang & Co., c1864.; 12 prints (1 page) : chromolithograph ; 10.3 x 6.2 cm. (each); Souvenir cards showing the daily life of Union soldiers du...
EditorialStudies of child, woman, gentleman, African American man & soldier, 1860-1865, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US.
EditorialAfrican American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, 1866, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US.
EditorialAfrican American soldier, between 1862 and 1865, drawing on light green paper pencil and Chinese white, 22.8 x 34.4 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US.