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  • Considered derogatory by many blacks the hitching post, like this one was sometimes used to signal slaves that the coast was clear.  A lighted lantern or a bright cloth on the hitching post signal that all was clear.
    UndergroundRR 0011 Hitching.jpg
  • Considered derogatory by many blacks the hitching post, like this one was sometimes used to signal slaves that the coast was clear.  A lighted lantern or a bright cloth on the hitching post signal that all was clear.
    UndergroundRR 0013 Hitching.jpg
  • Considered derogatory by many blacks the hitching post, like this one was sometimes used to signal slaves that the coast was clear.  A lighted lantern or a bright cloth on the hitching post signal that all was clear.
    UndergroundRR 0012 Hitching.jpg
  • Considered derogatory by many blacks the hitching post, like this one was sometimes used to signal slaves that the coast was clear.  A lighted lantern or a bright cloth on the hitching post signal that all was clear.
    UndergroundRR 0010 Hitching.jpg
  • Some black Seminole indians moved to Mexico in 1849-50 after learning that Indian Territory was not off limits to slave raiders.  Dan Factor, a black Seminole ranches near Nacimiento, Mexico.
    UndergroundRR 0029Seminoles.jpg
  • At the height of the Civil War Black's were urged to take up arms.  This poster was sponsored by black adolitionists in Philadelphia and eventually some 8000 were called into service.
    UndergroundRR 0040 CivilWar.jpg
  • Graduation day at A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  Model Released.
    scf4327-151-graduation 0002 a and m.jpg
  • Graduation day at A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  Model Released.
    scf4373-036_Graduation 0002 A and M.jpg
  • Graduation day at A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  Model Released.
    scf4327-150_Graduation 0001 A and M.jpg
  • Graduation day at A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  Model Released.
    scf4327-150-graduation 0001 a and m.jpg
  • Graduation day at A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  Model Released.
    Graduation 0002 A and M.jpg
  • Graduation day at A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  Model Released.
    Graduation 0001 A and M.jpg
  • Card carrying member of the Seminole Indians Lance Cudjoe's relatives fled to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
    UndergroundRR 0033 Seminole.jpg
  • The Mason-Dixon line marker at the Maryland border near Cardiff was the line between the slave and free states.  The "P" Stood for Pennsylvania, a free state.
    UndergroundRR 0030MasonDixo.jpg
  • Seminole Negro Indian Scouts protected the Texas border from Comanche and Apache raiders.  The Buffalo Soldiers earned praise from the highest ranks.
    UndergroundRR 0028Buffaloso.jpg
  • Copper slave tags identified a slave only by number when they were hired out in South Carolina.  Slaves without tags or identification papers were put in jail.
    UndergroundRR 0027SlaveTags.jpg
  • A detailed drawing of a slave ship 3 ft and 3 in high.
    UndergroundRR 0021SlaveShip.jpg
  • Harriet Tubman portrait at her home in Auburn, New York.
    UndergroundRR 0002A Harriet.jpg
  • Graduation day at A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  Model Released.
    Graduation 0001a.jpg
  • Cudjo Lewis arrived by slave ship in Mobile, Alabama in 1859 from Dahomey, Africa.  After the Civil War he and his shipmates founded Plateau, Alabama where he lived into his 90s.
    UndergroundRR 0039CudjoLewi.jpg
  • Ten-room slave-built Greek Revival mansion sat on a 2,500-acre Louisiana sugarcane plantation.  The double stairway faces towards the Mississippi River which sometimes served as an escape route for slaves.
    UndergroundRR 0038Evergreen.jpg
  • Slaves would follow the drinking gourd, the north star, across the Ohio River to Ripley, Ohio where Presbyterian minister John Rankin, one of the conductors on the Underground Railroad, would give them shelter.
    UndergroundRR 0035RankinHom.jpg
  • The 20-year anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech that he gave in August of 1963 drew as many participants.  Demonstrators gathered as before by the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the march.
    UndergroundRR 0031 DCMarch.jpg
  • Sweet potatoe planting on Cassina Point Plantation on Edisto Island, South Carolina during Union occupation in April 8,1862.
    UndergroundRR 0026PlantingP.jpg
  • Slaves had to construct two-family cypress cabins at a proper distance from there masters mansion at Evergreen Plantation near New Orleans.
    UndergroundRR 0023 Shacks.jpg
  • In Atlanta, Georgia a slave auction house advertises its business.
    UndergroundRR 0022 Auction.jpg
  • Among the 2,000 slaves Levi Coffin assisted, William Bush, a  settler of Newport, reached Levi's house wearing wooden shoes.  William became a conductor for other runaway slaves.
    UndergroundRR 0018 W Bush.jpg
  • A detailed drawing of a slave ship.
    UndergroundRR 0019SlaveShip.jpg
  • With the help of a white friend, Samuel A. Smith, Henry Brown mailed himself to his family in Philadelphia and freedom.  He was dubbed Henry "Box" Brown.
    UndergroundRR 0017Box Brown.jpg
  • Slave catching increased  with the use of reward posters.
    UndergroundRR 0015 Reward.jpg
  • Slave inventory from Natchez, Mississippi in 1849.  First names were listed with values and age next to them.
    UndergroundRR 0014SlaveList.jpg
  • In the Wisconsin wilderness in 1844 five years after founding the town of Milton., Joseph Goodrich built a hexagonal inn and hand dug a tunnel from the inn's basement to a root cellar 40 ft away to hide slaves.  Guide is Kristin Henning.<br />
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In the Wisconsin wilderness in 1844 five years after founding the town of Milton., Joseph Goodrich built a hexagonal inn and hand dug a tunnel from the inn's basement to a root cellar 40 ft away to hide slaves.
    UndergroundRR 0008 Milton.jpg
  • In the Wisconsin wilderness in 1844 five years after founding the town of Milton., Joseph Goodrich built a hexagonal inn and hand dug a tunnel from the inn's basement to a root cellar 40 ft away to hide slaves.
    UndergroundRR 0007 Milton.jpg
  • In 1810 Reverend Alexander Dobbin  created sliding shelves at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania home to hide several slaves in a crawl space.
    UndergroundRR 0005a Dobbin.jpg
  • Civil War era mansion burned down before owners could move in.  Near Natchez, Mississippi I think.
    UndergroundRR 0041 Mansion.jpg
  • "His soul is marching on" sang by Union soldiers which became the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." John Brown's grave lies near his farm in Lake Placid, New York.
    UndergroundRR 0037JBrownSta.jpg
  • "His soul is marching on" sang by Union soldiers which became the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." John Brown's grave lies near his farm in Lake Placid, New York.
    UndergroundRR 0036JBrownGra.jpg
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe drew on the story of a slave escaping with her baby on ice flows to cross the Ohio River to create the Eliza Harris character in "Uncle tom's Cabin."
    UndergroundRR 0034RiverCros.jpg
  • Levi Coffin, a Quacker, assisted some 2000 runaway slaves to freedom in the North.  A hostess holds his portrait in from of his Indiana home, then a stop along the Underground Railroad.
    UndergroundRR 0032LeviCoffi.jpg
  • Decendants of abolisionist William Still at their 114th Family Reunion in Lawnside, New Jersey.  William Still helped Henry "Box" Brown to Freedom.
    UndergroundRR 0025StillReun.jpg
  • Slave Leg Blocks at Kingsley Plantation on Fort george Island in Florida now is a state historic site.  Family in leg irons is the Tillman family.
    UndergroundRR 0024 Restrain.jpg
  • A detailed drawing of a slave ship.
    UndergroundRR 0020SlaveShip.jpg
  • Thomas Garrett of Wilmington, Delaware worked openly for 40 yrs  to shelter fugitives.
    UndergroundRR 0016TomGarret.jpg
  • In 1810 Reverend Alexander Dobbin  created sliding shelves at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania home to hide several slaves in a crawl space.
    UndergroundRR 0005 Dobbin.jpg
  • Harriet Tubman portrait at her home in Auburn, New York.
    UndergroundRR 0001 HarrietT.jpg
  • Harriet Tubman portrait at her home in Auburn, New York. Harriet bought this house for herself and her parents.  She served Union Troops as a spy, scout and nurse.
    UndergroundRR 0002 HarrietT.jpg
  • A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.<br />
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A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.<br />
A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.
    T rex Black Beauty0002.jpg
  • A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.<br />
A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.<br />
A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.
    T rex Black Beauty0001.jpg
  • A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.<br />
A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.
    scf4327-218-t rex black beauty0004.jpg
  • Salvadore Assael, gem buyer for Harry Winston photographed with  Hong Kong businessman Robert Wan who is the largest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.  gest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.   Shot at Wan's Papeete Office.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0014a.jpg
  • A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.<br />
A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.
    T rex Black Beauty0004.jpg
  • Salvadore Assael, gem buyer for Harry Winston photographed with  Hong Kong businessman Robert Wan who is the largest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.  gest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.   Shot at Wan's Papeete Office.
    scf4356-043_Tahiti Black Pearls 0014...jpg
  • Hong Kong businessman Robert Wan (right) is the largest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.  Shot at Wan's Papeete Office.. Salvatore Assaeal (left) Gem buyer for Harry Winston.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0015.jpg
  • Hong Kong businessman Robert Wan is the largest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.  Photographed on the island he owns, Marutea in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0012.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0011.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0009.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0008.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0006.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0003.jpg
  • A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.<br />
A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.
    scf4399-100_T rex Black Beauty0004.jpg
  • A rare collection of perhaps some of the bestTahitian black pearls in the world, hi-graded from a 25-year harvest of 80% of the pearls that come out of Tahiti.
    scf4327-259tahiti black pearls 0001a.jpg
  • Salvadore Assael, gem buyer for Harry Winston photographed with  Hong Kong businessman Robert Wan who is the largest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.   Shot at Wan's Papeete Office.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0014.jpg
  • Hong Kong businessman Robert Wan is the largest single producer and exporter of Tahitian Black Pearls.  Photographed on the island he owns, Marutea in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0013.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0010.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0007.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0005a.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0004.jpg
  • A rare collection of perhaps some of the best Tahitian black pearls in the world, hi-graded from a 25-year harvest of 80% of the pearls that come out of Tahiti.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0002.jpg
  • A rare collection of perhaps some of the bestTahitian black pearls in the world, hi-graded from a 25-year harvest of 80% of the pearls that come out of Tahiti.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0001a.jpg
  • Fast food restaurant near the Black Hills of South Dakota.
    Pop Culture 0003 Flinstone.jpg
  • A rare collection of perhaps some of the bestTahitian black pearls in the world, hi-graded from a 25-year harvest of 80% of the pearls that come out of Tahiti.
    scf4327-259_Tahiti Black Pearls 0001...jpg
  • A rare collection of perhaps some of the best Tahitian black pearls in the world, Robert Wan hi-graded this collection from a 25-year harvest of 80% of the pearls that come out of Tahiti.
    scf4327-258tahiti black pearls 0001.jpg
  • A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.
    scf4327-217-t rex black beauty0003.jpg
  • A model draped with approximately $5 million dollars of black pearls in the lagoon of Bora Bora.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0005.jpg
  • A rare collection of perhaps some of the best Tahitian black pearls in the world, Robert Wan hi-graded this collection from a 25-year harvest of 80% of the pearls that come out of Tahiti.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0001.jpg
  • A T. rex named Black Beauty for its dark magnesium-rich bones seems to writhe in pain as a welder prepares its frame for the Ex Terra traveling dinosaur show.
    T rex Black Beauty0003.jpg
  • Silhouette of the Tyrannosaurus called Stan.   This "tyrant lizard king," was excavated and prepared by the Black Hills Institute and named after the discoveror, Stan Sacrison.
    scf4327-222-t-rex-pete-larson-4b-whi...jpg
  • Silhouette of the Tyrannosaurus called Stan.   This "tyrant lizard king," was excavated and prepared by the Black Hills Institute and named after the discoveror, Stan Sacrison.
    T rex Pete Larson 4b white.jpg
  • Silhouette of the Tyrannosaurus called Stan.   This "tyrant lizard king," was excavated and prepared by the Black Hills Institute and named after the discoveror, Stan Sacrison.
    T rex Pete Larson 4a.jpg
  • Silhouette of the Tyrannosaurus called Stan.   This "tyrant lizard king," was excavated and prepared by the Black Hills Institute and named after the discoveror, Stan Sacrison.
    T rex Pete Larson 4.jpg
  • Divers in Boat with Harvest of Pearl Oysters.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0042.jpg
  • Diver inspecting Oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0041.jpg
  • Inventory of oyster stocks at the Breijos Farm on Manihi as oyster come off the boats for harvesting.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0039.jpg
  • At the Breijos Pearl Farm on Manihi, grafters prepare oysters to produce cultured pearls.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0038.jpg
  • Grafter and pearl farm owner Hans Keshi with pearl on his farm in Manihi, Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0036.jpg
  • Pearl in Oyster on Manihi pearl farm.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0035.jpg
  • Pearl in Oyster on Manihi pearl farm.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0034.jpg
  • Diver inspecting oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0033.jpg
  • Diver inspecting Oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0032.jpg
  • Diver inspecting Oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0030.jpg
  • Diver inspecting Oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0027.jpg
  • Diver inspecting Oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0026.jpg
  • Small private pearl farm in Manihi, French Polynesia
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0024.jpg
  • Small private pearl farm in Manihi, French Polynesia
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0023.jpg
  • Small private pearl farm in Manihi, French Polynesia
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0020.jpg
  • Small private pearl farm in Manihi, French Polynesia
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0017.jpg
  • Diver inspecting Oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0045.jpg
  • Diver at pearl farm in Manihi with tattoos.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0043.jpg
  • Grafter inspects pearl on a small Manihi pearl farm.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0037.jpg
  • Diver inspecting Oyster shells with pearls in Manihi, French Polynesia.
    Tahiti Black Pearls 0031.jpg
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