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Sierra Leone today
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Gullah region of coastal South Carolina and Georgia
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Sierra Leone River in the vicinity of Bunce Island (upper right), from an 18th century map
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West African coast in the vicinity of Sierra Leone, from a 19th century map
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Drawing of "Bense Island," 1726
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Plan of "Bense Island," 1726
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Drawing of Bunce Island, 1749
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Drawing of "Bance Island," 1805
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African house in Sierra Leone (18th century)
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West African women (18th century)
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African slave traders attacking a village
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African slave traders marching captives to the sea
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European and African slave traders on the coast of West Africa
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Slaves in Sierra Leone, ca. 1803
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Slave Ship, detail from drawing of Bunce Island, 1749
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Diagram showing how African captives were imprisoned aboard a slave ship
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Richard Oswald, the principal owner of Bunce Island from 1748-1784 Credit: Private Collection (UK)
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Henry Laurens, the Charleston slave merchant who sold Priscilla Credit: National Portrait Gallery
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Portrait of Henry Laurens Credit: Corcoran Gallery
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Advertisement for slaves from the "Hare," South-Carolina Gazette, June 17, 1756 [Transcript]
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Elias Ball II, the planter who purchased Priscilla Credit: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
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Elias Ball's diary, June 30, 1756 Credit: South Carolina Historical Society [Transcript]
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The Ball family's Comingtee Plantation in 1940, where Priscilla lived until her death in 1811.
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"The Old Plantation" painting, ca. 1790. Shows leisure activities of slaves in South Carolina during the lifetime of Priscilla
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Gullahs laboring in a rice plantation (19th century)
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Gullah street vendor, Charleston, ca. 1900 Credit: Gibbs Art Gallery, Charleston
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Edward Ball with Carolyn Smalls Goodson (1997)
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Joseph Opala interviewing an African elder living near Bunce Island (1988) Photo by Vera Viditz-Ward
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Joseph Opala at Bunce Island (1988) Photo by Vera Viditz-Ward
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Ruins on Bunce Island Photo by Vera Viditz-Ward
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Gullah Homecoming party participating in a libation ceremony at Bunce Island, Sierra Leone (1989) Photo by Maggie Steber
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Gullah Homecoming group examining the ruins of the slave prison at Bunce Island (1989) Photo by Maggie Steber
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Thomas P. Martin, father of Thomalind Martin Polite
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Mrs. Thomalind Martin Polite and her daughter Faith. Photo by Rick McKee/charlestonphotographer.com
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Vernon House, Newport, Rhode Island
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Gravestone of William Vernon, Newport, Rhode Island
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American Negotiators, Treaty of Paris (1783) Credit: The Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
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Close-up of Henry Laurens and Benjamin Franklin from the painting by Benjamin West