These images show two couples getting married using a custom called “jumping the broom.”

This image group features portraits of Frederick Douglass, Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, who all learned to read and write while they were enslaved. Each used their gifts to help end slavery.

This image shows a group of enslaved men and children in front of the U.S. Capitol after much of it burned down in 1814.

These images show how enslavers used chains as a way to take freedom away from enslaved people. This text contains sensitive images that may not be suitable for all students.

These images show enslaved people singing as part of their work and recreational lives.

These images show enslaved people escaping their enslavers. This text contains sensitive images that may not be suitable for all students.

These images show some of the brutal ways enslavers punished enslaved people who tried to escape.

These images show how different people reacted to the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.

These images show the negative effects that slavery had on Africa and African people.

Enslavers used harsh and punishments to force enslaved people obey them. These images show these punishments. This text contains sensitive images that may not be suitable for all students.