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Image Reference
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Source
George Bourne, Picture of slavery in the United State of America. . . (Boston, 1838), facing. p. 111.
Comments
Caption, "Auction at Richmond." The illustrations in this anti-slavery book strongly reflect its abolitionist position. Describing this illustration, the author quotes from "a graphic description of auctions for slaves" by an unnamed native of Virginia: "Here, half covered with rags, and loaded with chains, human beings are driven together in crowds, and . . .are sold and bought. Within a few days past, I have beheld in Richmond hundreds of men, women, and children, thus exposed in the open streets, and bartered off like brute animals" (p. 111).
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