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Title	Description
Architecture of Enslavement
Rodgers House - Belasco Theater	A command performance by the first African American opera star...
Members of Gadsby's Enslaved Household	A list of their names and ages.
Decatur House Slave Quarters	Men, women, and children from two families living together in 900 square feet...
"Negro Life at the South"	A 1859 painting by Eastman Johnson depicting urban slavery.
Gadsby Slave Quarters at Decatur House ca.1937	Photograph taken by Volkmar Wentzel in 1937 showing the H Street side of the slave quarters at Decatur House.

Title	Description
Enslaved People
Andrew Jackson Statue, Lafayette Square	A slave helps craft this statue and the Capitol's statue of freedom...
The White House	From slavery to sit-ins....
Dolley Madison's House	A former slave shows charity toward an impoverished First Lady.
St John's Church	Free and enslaved African Americans are married and baptized at the President's parish...
Weddings at St. John's Church	Selected entries from the St. John's Church marriage register.
Daniel Webster's House	A slave plans a daring escape, but has a change of heart...
Decatur House	Where Charlotte Dupuy takes a brave stand against slavery.
Ewell House	Buying, selling, and resisting.
Charlotte Dupuy	Charlotte Dupuy, an enslaved woman who sued her owner Henry Clay for her freedom.
Lafayette Square	An enslaved woman buys her freedom and changes the nation's history....
Elizabeth Keckly (1818-1907)	Elizabeth Keckly was born into slavery in 1818. She went on to purchase her own freedom and establish a successful dressmaking business.
Frederick Douglass	Revered African American leader.
Members of Gadsby's Enslaved Household	A list of their names and ages.
Paul Jennings	Paul Jennings
Tayloe House	Compensated emancipation, only in DC...
Decatur House Slave Quarters	Men, women, and children from two families living together in 900 square feet...
Emancipation in the President's Neighborhood, 1850	Emancipation in the President's Neighborhood, 1850
"Negro Life at the South"	A 1859 painting by Eastman Johnson depicting urban slavery.
"Mrs. Madison's Slaves Again"	1848 Newspaper article about the Madison's slaves.
"The Negro Celebration in Washington"	1866 article and engraving about Emancipation Celebration in Washington, DC and President Johnson's address.
President's House Carpenters' Roll from May 1795	Payment record for carpenters,including five enslaved men, who constructed the President's House.
Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.	Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.
Bill of Sale for Charlotte Dupuy to Henry Clay	Bill of Sale for Charlotte Dupuy from James Condon to Henry Clay.
Bill of Sale for Paul Jennings from Dolley Madison to Pollard Webb	Document recording Dolley Madison's 1847 sale of Paul Jennings to Pollard Webb.
Charlotte Dupuy's Petition	Letter written by Robert Beale on behalf of Charlotte Dupuy petitioning the Judges to summon Henry Clay to court.
Thomas Greene Bethune [Wiggins], 1849 -1908	Photograph of blind piano prodigy Thomas Greene Bethune, the first African American artist to perform at the White House.
Emancipation in the District of Columbia - List of the Petitions Filed	Government document showing claims paid for emancipated slaves to the former owners.
First page of a letter from Henry Clay to his agent in Washington, Philip Fendall, regarding Charlotte Dupuy's petition for freedom	Letter written written by Henry Clay to his agent in Washington, Philip Fendall, regarding Charlotte Dupuy's bid for freedom.
Gadsby Slave Quarters at Decatur House ca.1937	Photograph taken by Volkmar Wentzel in 1937 showing the H Street side of the slave quarters at Decatur House.

Title	Description
Slavery
Dolley Madison's House	A former slave shows charity toward an impoverished First Lady.
Decatur House	Where Charlotte Dupuy takes a brave stand against slavery.
Ewell House	Buying, selling, and resisting.
Charlotte Dupuy	Charlotte Dupuy, an enslaved woman who sued her owner Henry Clay for her freedom.
Members of Gadsby's Enslaved Household	A list of their names and ages.
Decatur House Slave Quarters	Men, women, and children from two families living together in 900 square feet...
Emancipation in the President's Neighborhood, 1850	Emancipation in the President's Neighborhood, 1850
"Mrs. Madison's Slaves Again"	1848 Newspaper article about the Madison's slaves.
"Negro Life at the South"	A 1859 painting by Eastman Johnson depicting urban slavery.
President's House Carpenters' Roll from May 1795	Payment record for carpenters,including five enslaved men, who constructed the President's House.
Bill of Sale for Charlotte Dupuy to Henry Clay	Bill of Sale for Charlotte Dupuy from James Condon to Henry Clay.
Bill of Sale for Paul Jennings from Dolley Madison to Pollard Webb	Document recording Dolley Madison's 1847 sale of Paul Jennings to Pollard Webb.
Charlotte Dupuy's Petition	Letter written by Robert Beale on behalf of Charlotte Dupuy petitioning the Judges to summon Henry Clay to court.
First page of a letter from Henry Clay to his agent in Washington, Philip Fendall, regarding Charlotte Dupuy's petition for freedom	Letter written written by Henry Clay to his agent in Washington, Philip Fendall, regarding Charlotte Dupuy's bid for freedom.
Gadsby Slave Quarters at Decatur House ca.1937	Photograph taken by Volkmar Wentzel in 1937 showing the H Street side of the slave quarters at Decatur House.
Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.	Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.

Title	Description
Slaves
Dolley Madison's House	A former slave shows charity toward an impoverished First Lady.
Decatur House	Where Charlotte Dupuy takes a brave stand against slavery.
Ewell House	Buying, selling, and resisting.
Charlotte Dupuy	Charlotte Dupuy, an enslaved woman who sued her owner Henry Clay for her freedom.
Members of Gadsby's Enslaved Household	A list of their names and ages.
Tayloe House	Compensated emancipation, only in DC...
Decatur House Slave Quarters	Men, women, and children from two families living together in 900 square feet...
Emancipation in the President's Neighborhood, 1850	Emancipation in the President's Neighborhood, 1850
"Mrs. Madison's Slaves Again"	1848 Newspaper article about the Madison's slaves.
"Negro Life at the South"	A 1859 painting by Eastman Johnson depicting urban slavery.
Bill of Sale for Paul Jennings from Dolley Madison to Pollard Webb	Document recording Dolley Madison's 1847 sale of Paul Jennings to Pollard Webb.
Charlotte Dupuy's Petition	Letter written by Robert Beale on behalf of Charlotte Dupuy petitioning the Judges to summon Henry Clay to court.
Emancipation in the District of Columbia - List of the Petitions Filed	Government document showing claims paid for emancipated slaves to the former owners.
First page of a letter from Henry Clay to his agent in Washington, Philip Fendall, regarding Charlotte Dupuy's petition for freedom	Letter written written by Henry Clay to his agent in Washington, Philip Fendall, regarding Charlotte Dupuy's bid for freedom.
Gadsby Slave Quarters at Decatur House ca.1937	Photograph taken by Volkmar Wentzel in 1937 showing the H Street side of the slave quarters at Decatur House.

Title	Description
Decatur Slave Quarters
Members of Gadsby's Enslaved Household	A list of their names and ages.
Decatur House Slave Quarters	Men, women, and children from two families living together in 900 square feet...
"Negro Life at the South"	A 1859 painting by Eastman Johnson depicting urban slavery.
Gadsby Slave Quarters at Decatur House ca.1937	Photograph taken by Volkmar Wentzel in 1937 showing the H Street side of the slave quarters at Decatur House.