Details
Title Turning the tables on the overseer [graphic].
Publisher [New York: Published by R. & T. Hamilton, No. 50 Beekman Street]
Publisher NY. New York. 1863
Date [1863]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 34 x 41 cm. (13.5 x 16 in)
Description Bitter anti-slavery print depicting a group of slaves about to whip their white overseer, who has been bound to a tree on the plantation grounds. Before the overseer, the male slave holding the whipping lash boldly pulls up his sleeve as the slave next to him takes off his hat in a mock gesture of respect. Smiling men, women, and children of all ages stand, sit, and lean on a fence, surrounding the overseer in anticipation of his whipping.
Is part of New York Illustrated News. New York: Published by R. & T Hamilton, No. 50 Beekman Street, 1863.
Notes Illustration in New York Illustrated News, November 28, 1863, p. 73.
Also published as a loose print by the African American press, Robert and Thomas Hamilton, possibly the first black press to publish separate prints.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Resistance.
Subject Slavery -- United States -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Southern States.
Whipping -- Southern States.
Plantation life -- Southern States.
Slave drivers -- Punishment & torture -- Southern States.
Genre Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Periodical illustrations -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | **Per D 8.5 1571.F Nov 28 1863 p 73
Accession number 1571.F