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[Whip and paddle] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2755
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Title
[Whip and paddle] [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
Set in a barn or work space, the illustrations shows an unclothed male slave who hangs from his wrists. To the right, a white overseer raises his whip. To the left, another white man holds the long handle of a paddle between his teeth. Rolling up his shirt sleeves, he prepares to participate in the beating. Further to the left, another white man violently restrains a slave who lies face down on the floor.
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. 23.
Caption underneath the image reads: "Sometimes a slave is tied up by the wrists, while the ancles [sic] are fastened to a staple in the floor. In this position, they are punished with the whip or with the paddle. This is an instrument of torture bored full of holes, each hole raising a blister."
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Subject
Slaves -- Punishment & torture -- United States.
Punishment devices.
Whipping.
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 23
Accession number
52047.D.2
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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