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Anthony Burns
Anthony Burns
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President Johnson Signing the Civil Rights Bill
President Johnson Signing the Civil Rights Bill
News From Our National Capital
News From Our National Capital
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What does the text say?
Home of the American Tax Payer
Home of the American Tax Payer
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Who is in this image?
Slavery in the District of Columbia
Slavery in the District of Columbia
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What is the message of the poster?
Prohibition of Slavery in Missouri
Prohibition of Slavery in Missouri
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What is the main idea?
Slavery
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A scanned 19th-century printed document titled "Prohibition of Slavery," No. 481, from the 16th Congress, recording resolutions adopted at an 1820 Hartford citizens' meeting addressed to the Senate.
1820
Prohibition of Slavery in Missouri
Engraved portrait of a man with short cropped hair, wearing a dark coat, vest, and bow tie, set against a textured background.
1855
Anthony Burns
Cropped text fragment from a historical document referencing "the authority of Congress," "more than," "SLAVES" in capital letters, "the authority," and "carried on in the."
1849
Slavery in the District of Columbia
Slavery
A well-dressed man in a top hat holds a scale weighing coins opposite a bearded laborer, while a small child stands between them looking up.
1862
Home of the American Tax Payer
Bold cropped newspaper headline text reading "OUR CAPITAL" in large black capital letters.
1912
News From Our National Capital
A man in a suit sits at a desk signing a document, surrounded by several men standing behind him in formal attire, in this black-and-white photograph.
1968
President Johnson Signing the Civil Rights Bill
Lawmaking
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