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Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0844
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials spans from approximately 1870 to the 1950s. It is an artificially assembled collection of materials purchased and selected by the curators of Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of postcards, broadsides, and other printed ephemera that depict African American people in ways that are often racist and caricatured.
Dates:
approximately 1870-1950s
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University collection of slavery records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0847
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of slavery records is an artificially assembed collection by the curators of Special collections, with materials that span from the 18th to the 19th century and primarily document the enslavement of African Americans in the United States.
Dates:
1775-1860
Found in:
Special Collections