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| Thanksgiving 1873 Event to promote equality for the Colored Citizens of the Nation |
Original 1st edition of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (1861) |
February 1865 - Handbill announcing a reception to Honor Abolitionist Salmon Chase, President Lincoln's Supreme Court Appointment |
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| 1841 book on the conversion of the Jews | Touro Infirmary in New Orleans offered medical care to both whites and slaves in 1860 | One of Newport's many Black owned businesses in the late 19th century. |
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| 1878 Concert to benefit the Union (Colored) Congregational Church in Newport |
Pamphlet describing prominent men of color in Newport meeting to discuss equality of the sexes | Early
20th Century Photograph of a Pequot/African American Girl |
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| An 1892 print depicting the Fort Pillow
Massacre, April 12, 1864 |
Alfred S. (Forrester) Barclay Tuskeegee Airman - Killed in plane crash the day before his graduation ceremony |
c. 1810 "Virginia Slave Doll" Passed from generation to generation, it is attributed to Nelly Forrester |
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| Amistad Argument by John Quincy Adams |
1705 English translation of "The Works of Flavius Josephus," a history of the Ancient Jews |
1757 Rhode Island Law Prohibiting the "Entertaining of Indian, Negro or Mulatto Servants or Slaves" |
