Slave Coffle, Near Paris, Kentucky, 1850s
Caption, The Coffle Gang; led by white on horseback and black musicians at the front. An eye-witness account of the scene depicted in this illustration is given on pp. 164-65 of this abolitionist book; the scene described is of about forty men, all chained together. . . . Behind them were about thirty women, in double rank, the couples tied hand to hand....
Image Title
Slave Coffle, Near Paris, Kentucky, 1850s
RegID
SI-OB-754
Date
1850-1860
Title
Slave Coffle, Near Paris, Kentucky, 1850s
Source
Anon., The Suppressed Book About Slavery! Prepared for Publication in 1857 (New York, 1864), facing p. 49. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-30798)
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
North America--Kentucky
Reproduced In
Anon., The Suppressed Book About Slavery! Prepared for Publication in 1857 (New York, 1864), facing p. 49.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0249