- unitid
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{"value"=>"532720", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc Photo Slavery", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1857-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1857/1997", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Slavery"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Slavery collection, compiled by staff of the Schomburg Center, consists primarily of photomechanical reproductions of illustrations, paintings, photographs, documents, artifacts and printed texts, relating to the enslavement of persons of African descent in the United States from the early 1800s to the mid-1860s."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection depicts the enslavement of persons of African descent, primarily in the United States, from the early 1800s to the mid-1860s. The collection consists mainly of photographic reproductions of illustrations, paintings, photographs, documents, artifacts and printed texts, drawn from original sources in the Schomburg Center. Some items were donated by author Milton Meltzer. Also includes plates from various publications. Included are images depicting the slave trade, including the Middle Passage and slave auctions; slave labor; portraits of abolitionists and political figures; and activities pertaining to the anti-slavery movement.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Some items were donated by author Milton Meltzer. Other items were photographically reproduced by Schomburg Center staff from published sources in the Schomburg's collections. The sources of some items are unknown.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Jack Patterson", "date"=>"2024-02-01"}
- date_start
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1857
- keydate
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1857
- date_end
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1997
- date_inclusive_start
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1857
- date_inclusive_end
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1997
- extent_statement
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1.5 linear feet
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Slavery, Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}