Details
Creator Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903 engraver.
Contributor Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 ill.
Title Scipio hunted, "As men hunt a deer!" [graphic] / G.S ; M. Jackson.
Publisher [London: s.n]
Publisher ENGLAND: London 1852
Date [1852]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; image 10 x 16 cm. (3.75 x 6.25 in)
Description Equipped with dogs and rifles, a party of men surround Scipio, an escaped slave, who lies wounded on the ground. St. Clare intervenes, claiming Scipio as his prisoner in order to prevent the men from shooting him.
Is part of Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1986. Uncle Tom's cabin. London: John Cassell, Ludgate Hill, 1852.
Notes Illustration in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (London: John Cassell, Ludgate Hill, 1852), p. 176.
Caption underneath the image reads, "He fought the dogs right gallantly, and actually killed three of them with only his naked fists . . . . It was all I could do to keep the party from shooting him." --Page 200.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Fugitives.
Subject Fugitive slaves -- Capture & imprisonment.
Fictitious characters.
Hunting dogs.
Genre Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1852 Sto 72726.O p 176
Accession number 72726.O