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Sketch of an Allegory of the Abolition of Slavery
Anonymous, French School, 19th Century
ca. 1848

Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Henry Fisk
1853

Bust-Length Study of a Man
François-Auguste Biard
1848

Study For Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks
Samuel Jennings
ca. 1791–92

Liberty
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
1875

Frederick Douglass
Unknown
ca. 1855

Plate with marine subject
Dihl et Guérhard
ca. 1789–97

Plate with marine subject
Dihl et Guérhard
ca. 1789–97

Plate with marine subject
Dihl et Guérhard
ca. 1789–97

Banner (Sashimono)

Japanese

ca. 1615–1868

Why Born Enslaved!
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
modeled 1868, carved 1873

Toussaint Louverture on Horseback
Anonymous, French, 19th century
1802

Antislavery Medallion
Josiah Wedgwood
ca. 1787

Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Freedom Box Presented by the Corporation of the City of New York to John Jay
Samuel Johnson
1784

Woman from the French Colonies
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
1861

The Influence of Christianity in Promoting the Abolition of Slavery in Europe

Churchill Babington

1846

Jewish Woman of Algiers
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
1862

The Board of Censors Moves Out
Eugène Delacroix
1822

Ngundja (royal seat)
Chokwe artist
19th–mid-20th century

Plaque with Warrior and Attendants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
16th century

Robert Rich (1587–1658), Second Earl of Warwick
Anthony van Dyck
ca. 1632–35

Fragment of a leopard head
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
early 17th century (?)

Leopard
Edo artist
1550–1680

Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque Fragment with Warrior Chief
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque Fragment with Warrior and Attendant
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
Mid-16th–late 17th century

Plaque with Warrior and Fish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Altar Tusk
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
ca. 1712–50

Plaque Fragment with Mudfish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Altar bell with a mudfish-legged ọ́bà
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
18th–19th century

Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Rattle
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Ọ́bà (King) or Chief
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Two Fluted Gourds
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Amulet
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Altar Tusk
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
1888–97

Plaque with Warrior and Mudfish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Ọ́lọ̀tọ̀n priest
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70