Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
R. & T. Hamilton, publisher.
Title Turning the tables on the overseer. [graphic].
Publisher New York : Published by R. & T. Hamilton, No. 50 Beekman Street
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1863
Date [1863]
Physical Description 1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 34 x 41 cm (13.5 x 16 in.)
Description Abolitionist print depicting a group of enslaved African American people about to whip their white plantation overseer, who has been bound to a tree on the plantation grounds. Before the plantation overseer, the African American man holds the whip and pulls up his sleeve as the enslaved man next to him takes of 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.
Notes Title from item.
First published in New York Illustrated news, November 28, 1863 (LCP **Per D 8.5, 1863). Later published as a loose print by the African American press, Robert and Thomas Hamilton, possibly the first Black press to publish separate prints.
LCP exhibition catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 38.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American children.
African American men.
African American women.
Plantation life -- Southern States.
Plantation overseers -- Southern States.
Enslaved persons -- Southern States.
Whipping -- Southern States.
Afro-American press -- New York (State) -- New York.
Enslaved children -- Southern States.
Enslaved men -- Southern States.
Enslaved women -- Southern States.
Enslavers -- Southern States.
Genre Anti-slavery prints -- 1860-1870.
Wood engravings -- 1860-1870.
Printer R. & T. Hamilton, publisher.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC-Slavery [5780.F]
Accession number 5780.F