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[Aunt Judy's husband captured] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2804
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Title
[Aunt Judy's husband captured] [graphic].
Publisher
[Boston: s.n]
Publisher
MA. Boston. 1859
Date
[1859]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; overall 10 x 15 cm. (3.75 x 5.75 in)
Description
Illustration accompanies the narrative, "Aunt Judy's Story: A Story from Real Life," by Matilda G. Thompson. According to the story, Aunt Judy's husband, John, was a Kentucky slave with a brutal master. Desperate to leave, and eager to regain contact with Judy, who lived on a different plantation, John managed to escape. He made it to the plantation of Judy's mistress, and hid there for more than a week before he was betrayed and captured by slave-hunters.
Is part of
Child's anti-slavery book. Boston: American Tract Society, 28 Cornhill, Boston, 1859.
Notes
Illustration in The child's anti-slavery book (Boston: American Tract Society, 28 Cornhill, Boston, 1859), p 104.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Resistance.
Subject
Fugitive slaves -- Capture & imprisonment -- Kentucky.
Genre
Anti-slavery prints -- 1850-1860.
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1859 Chil 65676.D p 104
Accession number
65676.D
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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