COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
69-1068
accession_no
69-1068
Accession number
false
Record number:
69-1068-12
record_number
69-1068-12
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D828 F331t / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D828 F331t / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Slaves chained together by the neck and driven to work on the roads.
image_title
Slaves chained together by the neck and driven to work on the roads.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Birmingham]
place_image_published
[Birmingham]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Benjamin Hudson]
image_publisher
[Benjamin Hudson]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1828]
image_date
[1828]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; [part 17]
image_function
plate; [part 17]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
7.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
7.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
8.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
8.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
25.7 cm.
page_dimensions_height
25.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
20 cm.
page_dimensions_width
20 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Black men [slaves] are driven to work on the roads. They carry pickaxes and shovels and are chained together at the neck. Their overseer carries a whip.
description
Black men [slaves] are driven to work on the roads. They carry pickaxes and shovels and are chained together at the neck. Their overseer carries a whip.
Description
false
Source creator:
Female Society, for Birmingham, West-Bromwich, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Their Respective Neighbourhoods, for the Relief of British Negro Slaves
source_creator
Female Society, for Birmingham, West-Bromwich, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Their Respective Neighbourhoods, for the Relief of British Negro Slaves
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Album for the relief of British negro slaves]
source_title
[Album for the relief of British negro slaves]
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Birmingham
source_place_of_publication
Birmingham
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed by Benjamin Hudson, Bull Street
source_publisher
Printed by Benjamin Hudson, Bull Street
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1828
source_date
1828
Source date
false
notes:
The Birmingham Female Society for ... the relief of British negro slaves was founded in 1825, and was established as an emancipationist or abolitionist group and to raise charity funds to relieve the suffering of British negroes. This album was produced by the women to encourage public support for the abolitionist cause and contains a diverse collection of abolitionist poems, newspapers, engravings, and illustrations against slavery in the British West Indies.
notes
The Birmingham Female Society for ... the relief of British negro slaves was founded in 1825, and was established as an emancipationist or abolitionist group and to raise charity funds to relieve the suffering of British negroes. This album was produced by the women to encourage public support for the abolitionist cause and contains a diverse collection of abolitionist poems, newspapers, engravings, and illustrations against slavery in the British West Indies.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.connecti… (June 2007)
references_
http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/Learning%20Packages/Anti%20Slavery/antislavery_lp_03.asp (June 2007)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1969.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1969.
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
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Slavery--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Slavery--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false