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[Instruments of torture] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2758
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Title
[Instruments of torture] [graphic].
Publisher
[London: s.n]
Publisher
ENGLAND. London. 1837
Date
[1837]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 8 x 7 cm. (3.25 x 2.75 in)
Description
Illustration shows an "instrument of torture" used on Roper during his years of slavery. Of it, he wrote, this is a machine used for packing and pressing cotton. By it, he [i.e., the slave-owner Mr. Gooch] hung me up by the hands at letter a, a horse moving around the screw e, and carrying it up and down, and pressing the block c into the box d, into which the cotton is put. At this time, he hung me up for a quarter of an hour. I was carried up ten feet from the ground, when Mr. Gooch asked me, if I was tired. He then let me rest for five minutes, then carried me round again, after which he let me down and put me into the box, and shut me down in it for about ten minutes." (p. 52)
Is part of
Roper, Moses. Narrative of the adventures and escapes of Moses Roper. London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 55, Gracechurch Street, 1837.
Notes
Illustration in Moses Roper's A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery (London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 55, Gracechurch Street; and to be had of the author, at the Anti-Slavery Office, 18, Aldermanbury, Murrays, Mare Street, Hackney; Hudson, 18, Bull Street, Birmingham, MDCCCXXXVII [1837]), p. 51.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Punishment Scenes.
Subject
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Slaves -- Punishment & torture -- United States.
Punishment devices.
Genre
Wood engravings -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1837 Roper 101478.D p 51
Accession number
101478.D
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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