Details
Creator Holl, F., engraver.
Contributor Brooke, W. H.
Title Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a Southern market [graphic] / W.H. Brooke F.S.A. ; F. Holl.
Publisher London and Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co
Publisher ENGLAND. London. 1842
Date [1842]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; image 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in)
Description Driven by mounted men with whips, a large procession of bound slaves travels down a shallow creek. Some of the slaves hold children in their arms; others carry baskets and bundles on their heads. A family of free blacks watches from the banking on the left.
Is part of Buckingham, James Silk, 1786-1855. Slave states of America. London; Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co. Newgate St. London; rue St. Honoré, Paris [1842].
Notes Illustrated plate in James Silk Buckingham's The Slave States of America (London; Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co. Newgate St. London; rue St. Honoré, Paris [1842]), vol. 2, p. 552.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Images from the Slave Trade.
Subject Slave trade -- United States -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Capture & imprisonment.
Free African Americans.
Genre Engravings -- 1840-1850.
Book illustrations -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1842 Buc 10584.O v 2 p 552
Accession number 10584.O