Branding a Negro Woman

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.

Image Title

Branding a Negro Woman

RegID

SI-OB-764

Date

Unknown

Title

Branding a Negro Woman

Source

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.

Language

English

Item sets

Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas

Spatial Coverage

North America--Virginia

Reproduced In

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.

Researchers

Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Identifier

H020