This scene on a beach shows a woman on her knees being branded on her back by a white man with several African and European onlookers with a ship in the background. Neither the location of the scene nor the original source were identified. Perhaps the drawing was done specifically for the Works Project Administration in Virginia. For details on branding, see image H006.
Branding a Negro Woman
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Branding a Negro Woman
The Negro in Virginia. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Project Administration in the State of Virginia (New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1940), following p. 52.
English
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
North America--Virginia
The Negro in Virginia. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Project Administration in the State of Virginia (New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1940), following p. 52.
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
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