| Title |
[Chain gang] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Boston: s.n] |
| Publisher |
MA. Boston. 1837 |
| Date |
[1837] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: woodcut; image 4 x 9cm. (1.75 x 3.25 in) |
| Description |
Illustration shows seven male slaves in tattered clothing who are chained together by shackles around their necks. Holding
shovels and other tools, they set off to work in a field.
|
| Is part of |
American anti-slavery almanac, for 1838 Boston: Published by D.K. Hitchcock, 1837. |
| Notes |
Illustration in the American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838 (Boston: Published by D.K. Hitchcock, 1837), p. 21. |
|
Caption underneath the image reads: "The slaves are sometimes chained together when they go to work in the fields, lest their
love of liberty should induce them to make violent efforts to escape."
|
|
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery. |
| Subject |
Slavery -- United States -- Pictorial works -- 19th century. |
|
Chain gangs -- Southern States. |
|
Slaves -- Capture & imprisonment -- Southern States. |
| Genre |
Anti-slavery prints -- 1830-1840. |
|
Woodcuts -- 1830-1840. |
|
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1837 Ame Ant 52047.D.2 p 21 |
| Accession number |
52047.D.2 |
