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Enslaved People Walking Past A Storefront As White Men Look On

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Written on border: "Dis Moll an' me (she's my sister, an' I'm her br'er), we ain't no free niggers ... We b'longs ter Mr. Sangwidge de lawyer." "Sept. 1887

From Collection

Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection

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Art and Picture Collection. The New York Public Library

Record Harvested From

The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. Slaver
  2. Slaves
  3. Storefronts
  4. United States

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