HOVER OVER PHOTOS FOR CAPTIONS Segregation wall in Miami's Liberty City Miami. probably built in the 1940s. Shoes worn by enslaved children_ probably in Mississippi_ who were issued only one pair a year. Notice the condition of some of the shoes. Slave auction at the Evergreen Plantation Temple Herndon Durham was an enslaved woman in North Carolina. This is her memory of her wedding on the plantation. Tempie Herndon Durham Age 103 former slave in North Carolina photographed in 1937. Southerners saw slavery as an act of kindness believing blacks needed whites to supervise them and bring them into Christianity. Southern paternalistic view of slavery Slaves with mule_ wagon and tools Slave cabin with large group of slaves. Houses such as these provided very little protection during winters. Ship wrecks off the Florida coast attracted wreckers from Key West some of whom were black_ who salvaged what they could and sold it or kept the booty for themselves. Segregation wall in Miami's Liberty City Miami. probably built in the 1940s. Sarah Gudger_ age 121_ a formerly enslaved person in Noth Caroliona_ photographed in 1937 Receipt for sale of Jane_ age 18_ and her son_ Henry_ age 1 and all future children_ December 20_ 1849] Receipt for $500.00 payment for Negro man Receipt for $250.00 as payment for Cate an enslaved woman Nathan Beauchamp about age 92 a former enslaved person in Alabama photographed between 1936 and 38. Millie Evans an elderly enslaved women at age 87. Miami police officer John Millrdge the first black officer to die in the line of duty Lucindy Lawrence Jurdon with her mother's spinning wheel 1937 Alabama Josh Miles ex slave Waco Jackson County blacks Former slave Old Aunt Julia Ann 102_ and the corn crib in which she lives. Flagler Street 1921. Blacks were not allowed to own businesses on Miami's main street. Because of racial segregation businesses in Colored Town thrived. Felix Haywood age 92 a formerly enslaved man in Texas « ‹ of 37 › »