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Bust portrait of Dr Gilbert Ramsay, near facing, in an ovate mount. Wearing a long grey periwig, clerical gown, and a clerical collar, on a plain brown background.

Tags: Gilbert Ramsay, LoS Here, Marischal, Slavery

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African.

Tags: Abolition, LoS Here, Olaudah Equiano, Slavery

Triumph of Truth

3/4 portrait of Dr James Beattie, wearing doctorate gown, 'Essay on Truth' under left arm. Truth as an Angel holding balance plunging Scepticism, Sophistry, Infidelity (Voltaire, Hume, Gibbon) into darkness. Painted 1773 in London during Beattie's…

Tags: Abolition, James Beattie, LoS Here, Slavery

The Morse and Cator Family

Oil painting of two white men and two white women wearing 18th century dress, in classical style surroundings. One man plays a cello, the two women play a duet on a piano, and the other man leans on the piano.

Tags: LoS Caribbean

"Combat et prise de la Crête-à-Pierrot"

Printed depiction of a battle. Black soldiers fight white soldiers. Both sides wield rifles with bayonets and swords, and wear blue swallowtail coats, white shirts and trousers. The white soldiers wear bicorne hats and white stockings and shoes, whereas the Black soldiers are mostly barefooted and wear the hats of agricultural workers.

Tags: LoS Caribbean

Cairness House viewed from the south

A large, symmetrical neoclassical mansion with columns supporting the roof of the porch.

Cairness House, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, south front. A red and white border has been added to the original photo.

Tags: LoS Caribbean

A plan of the City of Aberdeen with all the inclosures surrounding the town to the adjacent country, from a survey taken 1789.

Old printed map of Aberdeen, showing the area by the harbour. A street named Virginia Street runs behind warehouses parallel to the water, and a building labelled Shugarey is prominent.

Tags: LoS Enslavement

Powis Gateway. A gateway composed of a grey granite masonry arch between two medieval style towers with masonry on the lower portion and beige stucco on the rest. The towers have conical roofs with weather vanes in the shape of a crescent moon on its back.

Powis Gateway. A gateway composed of a grey granite masonry arch between two medieval style towers with masonry on the lower portion and beige stucco on the rest. The towers have conical roofs with weather vanes in the shape of a crescent moon on its back.

Tags: LoS Now

Two manuscript pages with tables. The tables are divided into columns headed Name, Colour, Age, African or Creole and Remarks. Among the names is a woman named Quasheba. The remarks column notes some of the people's mother.

Two manuscript pages with tables. The tables are divided into columns headed Name, Colour, Age, African or Creole and Remarks. Among the names is a woman named Quasheba. The remarks column notes some of the people's mother.

Tags: LoS Now

Trade guns. A large rifle, almost two metres long, with a dark wooden body and steel barrel and mechanism. The butt is coated in a fibrous material and is decorated with strings of cowrie shells. Also a flintlock rifle with a light wooden butt and handle, with a steel mechanism and barrel.

Trade guns. A large rifle, almost two metres long, with a dark wooden body and steel barrel and mechanism. The butt is coated in a fibrous material and is decorated with strings of cowrie shells. Also a flintlock rifle with a light wooden butt and handle, with a steel mechanism and barrel.

Tags: LoS Enslavement

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