Details
Creator Van Ingen & Snyder engraver.
Title Flogging the Negro. [graphic] / Vanigen - Snyder.
Publisher [New York: s.n]
Publisher NY. New York. 1864
Date [1864]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; overall 12x 18 cm. (4.5 x 7.25 in)
Description According to this account, the engraving shows a court-ordered public flogging that took place in Lexington, Missouri in 1856. The slave's offense was defending his wife (seen on the ground to the left) from an abusive blacksmith. In response, the court ruled that the slave was to receive 1,000 lashes. These were to be administered by three citizens, including the blacksmith, who was allowed to initiate the punishment. Here, the blacksmith flogs the slave with a paddle, while two other men (seen to the left and right) crack their whips. A small black girl prays at the feet of the flogged slave; others look on.
Is part of Suppressed book about Slavery!. New York: Carleton, 1864.
Notes Illustration in the Suppressed Book about Slavery! (New York: Carleton, 1864), p. 240.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Imagery.
Subject Slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Missouri -- Lexington.
Slaves -- Punishment & torture -- Missouri -- Lexington.
Whipping.
Genre Anti-slavery prints -- 1860-1870.
Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Book illustrations -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1864 Suppr 15191.D p 240
Accession number 15191.D