Internal Slave Trade, Staunton, Virginia, 1853
Titled, Slave trader, Sold to Tennessee, this water color shows a group of about 20 men, women, and children, being marched from Staunton, in Augusta county, Virginia to Tennessee; guarding the group are two white men on horseback. In the caption underneath (only partially shown here), Miller writes The company going to Tennessee from Staunton, Augusta county, the law of Virginia suffered them to go on. I was astonished at this boldness, the carrier stopped a moment, then ordered the march, I saw the play it is commonly in this state, when the negroís in droves Sold.
Image Title
Internal Slave Trade, Staunton, Virginia, 1853
RegID
SI-OB-756
Date
1853
Title
Internal Slave Trade, Staunton, Virginia, 1853
Source
Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867. Courtesy, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; slide 84-896c.
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
North America--Virginia
Reproduced In
Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0248