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1861: "Slaves for sale, a scene in New Orleans."
A SLAVE-PEN AT NEW ORLEANS—BEFORE THE AUCTION. A SKETCH OF THE PAST. IN connection with the gradual downfall of slavery, we publish on this page an illustration of a gang of negroes in a slave-pen at New Orleans before an auction. The picture is from a sketch taken by a foreign artist before the war. In describing it the artist wrote: "The men and women are well clothed, in their Sunday best—the men in blue cloth of good quality, placed in a row in a quiet thoroughfare, where, without interrupting the traffic, they may command a good chance of transient custom, they stand through a great part of the day, subject to the inspection of the purchasing or non-purchasing passing crowd. They look heavy, perhaps a little sad, but not altogether unhappy." |
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| Date | published 6 April, 1861 | ||||||
| Source | 19th century engraving Via New York Public Library Digital Collection at [2] | ||||||
| Author | Not credited | ||||||
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