MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
68-553
Record number:
68-553-2
JCB call number:
68-553
Image title:
[Slave being whipped]
Place image published:
[Sheffield]
Image publisher:
[J. Blackwell ... Miss Gales ... Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green]
Image date:
[1826]
Image function:
illustration; following p. xii
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
4.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
6 cm.
Page dimension height:
21.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
A slave hanging from a tree by one hand is whipped by a white man. Includes dwelling.
Source Title:
The negro's friend, or, the Sheffield anti-slavery album.
Source place of publication:
Sheffield
Source publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Blackwell, High Street, and Miss Gales, Hartshead; Also, by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London; and all booksellers.
Source date:
1826
notes:
This illustration precedes the story of a black African who was kidnapped, transported, and enslaved. His wife and children died due to mistreatment, but he was freed and lived a Christian life.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1968.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Slavery--Caribbean area

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