COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
63-193
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63-193
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Record number:
63-193-1
record_number
63-193-1
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JCB call number:
D775 D275d / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D775 D275d / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Egginton
creator1
Egginton
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Isaac Taylor
creator2
Isaac Taylor
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
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false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Printed for W. Flexney ... J. Wilkie ... and J. Robson
image_publisher
Printed for W. Flexney ... J. Wilkie ... and J. Robson
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1775
image_date
1775
Image date
false
Image function:
title page
image_function
title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13.7 cm. [platemark]
image_dimensions_height
13.7 cm. [platemark]
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15 cm. [platemark]
image_dimensions_width
15 cm. [platemark]
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
29 cm.
page_dimensions_height
29 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
21.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
21.5 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Inscription:
u. r.: Tho. Burgh
inscription
u. r.: Tho. Burgh
Inscription
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Bound slave lifts a sword to heaven. Decorative elements include chains and scenes of slavery, a white man taking a black woman's child and a white man with three black men pulling a cart.
description
Bound slave lifts a sword to heaven. Decorative elements include chains and scenes of slavery, a white man taking a black woman's child and a white man with three black men pulling a cart.
Description
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Source creator:
Day, Thomas, 1748-1789
source_creator
Day, Thomas, 1748-1789
Source creator
false
Source Title:
The dying Negro, A poem. The third edition, corrected and enlarged
source_title
The dying Negro, A poem. The third edition, corrected and enlarged
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for W. Flexney, opposite Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn; J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Robson, in New Bond-Street
source_publisher
Printed for W. Flexney, opposite Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn; J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Robson, in New Bond-Street
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]
source_date
M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]
Source date
false
notes:
This poem was one of the earliest direct literary attacks on slavery and the slave trade. The third edition, enlarged with an essay opposing slavery, dedicated to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is the definitive edition and was reprinted well into the nineteenth century.
notes
This poem was one of the earliest direct literary attacks on slavery and the slave trade. The third edition, enlarged with an essay opposing slavery, dedicated to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is the definitive edition and was reprinted well into the nineteenth century.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.brycchan… (Feb. 2004)
references_
http://www.brycchancarey.com/abolition/day.htm (Feb. 2004)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1963.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1963.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Slavery
subject_heads
Slavery
Subject headings
false