Details
Creator Brown, G. L., engraver.
Title [Thomas Cooper] [graphic] / G.L. Brown sc.
Publisher [Boston: s.n]
Publisher NY. New York. 1834
Date [March 1834]
Physical Description 1 print: woodcut; overall 23 x 16 cm. (9 x 6.25 in)
Description Image depicts Thomas Cooper, a Maryland slave who escaped to Philadelphia, where he settled, found work, married, and raised a family. In this scene, Cooper's former owner, having learned of his whereabouts, has seized and handcuffed him, and is taking him back to Maryland. His wife and children beg for his release in vain. According to the accompanying text, Cooper's Philadelphia employers had offered to pay the slaveowner a large sum in return for his release, but their offer was refused.
Is part of American anti-slavery reporter New York: s.n., 1834.
Notes Cover of the American Anti-Slavery Reporter, vol. 1, no. 3 (March, 1834), p. 33.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Subject Cooper, Thomas -- Portraits.
Fugitive slaves -- Capture & imprisonment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American families.
Genre Woodcuts -- 1830-1840.
Periodical illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Anti-slavery prints -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per A 247 75432.O v 1 n 3 front cover
Accession number 75432.O