Images

Title page of The Confessions of Nat Turner by T. R. Gray, printed by T. H. White, 1832. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia, oil on canvas by David Edward Cronin, 1888, New York Historical Society.

Discovery of Nat Turner, wood engraving by William Henry Shelton illustrating Benjamin Phipps's capture of rebel slave leader Nat Turner (l. 1800-1831) on October 30, 1831.

John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), US secretary of war, etching by James Barton Longacre. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, New York Public Library.

A cigar box depicting the Petticoat affair (1829-1831); Margaret 'Peggy' Eaton (née O'Neill) is depicted in the center. To the left, President Andrew Jackson offers her flowers – symbolizing his support for her during the scandal – while...

Martin Van Buren around the time he was serving as Andrew Jackson's secretary of state. Oil on panel portrait by Francis Alexander, 1830. White House Collection, Washington, D.C.

Andrew Jackson as the seventh president of the United States (1829-37), oil on canvas portrait by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1835. White House Collection, Washington, D.C.

Front page of Freedom's Journal, 30 March 1827, the first newspaper owned, operated, and contributed to by African Americans in the USA. David Walker, the abolitionist, wrote for Freedom's Journal beginning in 1827. Photograph/scan by the...

Title page of the 1830 edition of David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World.

Edward G. Walker (sometimes given as Edwin G. Walker, l. 1830-1901), son of abolitionist David Walker, one of the first two Black men elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature.