02271ckm a2200445 a 4500 000149127 20230712142902.0 kjobo 030409s1835 nyunnn| | kneng d Fels-3Fe000000ls3 Fels-20 3 ppl PPL gihc The desperation of a mother [graphic]. [New York: s.n., September 1835] 1 print: woodcut image 6 x 8 cm. (2.25 x 3 in) Caption title vignette in the Anti-Slavery Record (New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835-1837), vol. I, no. 9, p. 97. Small caption underneath the image reads: "Why do you narrate the extraordinary cases of cruelty? These stories will not convert the cruel, and the wound the feelings of masters who are not son." REPLY. Cruelty is the fruit of the system. With an axe in one hand and a candle in the other, a slave woman kneels in the cramped attic space where her two young sons sleep on the floor. Hovering above the boys, she shines her light upon them before killing them. According to an accompanying text, she then kills herself. Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery. African American criminals. 67124 African American women. 67170 Homicides. lctgm Suicides. lctgm Anti-slavery prints 1830-1840. local Woodcuts 1830-1840. gmgpc Periodical illustrations 1830-1840. gmgpc SP3 African American History American Anti-Slavery Society. 3297 Anti-slavery record. New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835-1837. Imprint NY. New York. 1835. Library Company of Philadelphia Rare Per A 245 16998.D v 1 n 9 cover page Digital image https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2858 2003/04/09 km 16998.D R Per A 245 16998.D v 1 n 9 cover page 16998.D R Per A 245 16998.D v 1 n 9 cover page (CPomAG)80005606 142041 142041 000149127 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000149127 20060120 1813 000149127 20060201 1536 000149127 20071018 1953 000149127 EDITH 40 20090209 1115 000149127 ANN 40 20171109 1219 ppl NY. New York. 1835. Imprint