A Slave Auction
This image shows an artist's representation of an enslaved mother and her daughter on the auction block, while another enslaved mother was with an infant waiting to be sold. There were numerous white onlookers and a white auctioneer. The text accompanying this artist's fabrication discussed events preceding the Civil War. The illustration itself is not discussed. Sometimes reproduced in modern works, without citation to an original source and giving the erroneous impression that this is an eye-witness illustration.
Image Title
A Slave Auction
RegID
SI-OB-717
Date
Mid-1800s
Title
A Slave Auction
Source
Edmund Ollier, Cassell's History of the United States (London, 1874-77), Vol.3, p. 199.
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
North America
Reproduced In
Edmund Ollier, Cassell's History of the United States (London, 1874-77), Vol.3, p. 199
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
17-Dec-09
Identifier
cass6