Coffle of Enslaved, Washington, D.C., 1840s
The title page of an abolitionist tract which stresses that [a] slave coffle marching by the capital is not fancy, but a fact not unfrequently occurring; the tract cites a few eyewitness descriptions.
Image Title
Coffle of Enslaved, Washington, D.C., 1840s
RegID
SI-OB-746
Date
1840-1850
Title
Coffle of Enslaved, Washington, D.C., 1840s
Source
Slavery and the slave trade at the nation's capital (New York,1846). (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
North America--Washington D.C.
Reproduced In
Slavery and the slave trade at the nation's capital (New York,1846).
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-64