He applied the lash not only to make them eat but to make them sing.
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Title
He applied the lash not only to make them eat but to make them sing.
Collection
The American slave-trade; an account of its origin, growth and suppression
Names
Spears, John Randolph, 1850-1936 (Author)
Clark, Walter Appleton, 1876-1906 (Illustrator)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1901
Place: London
Publisher: Bickers
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 326.1-S (Spears, J. R. American slave-trade)
Subjects
Slave trade -- United States
Enslaved persons
Slave traders
Whips
Slave ships
Genres
Identifiers
Barcode: 334330347856695
RLIN/OCLC: 4772626
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13345707
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 30c2c630-c621-012f-d341-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1901
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "He applied the lash not only to make them eat but to make them sing." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30c2c630-c621-012f-d341-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1901). He applied the lash not only to make them eat but to make them sing. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30c2c630-c621-012f-d341-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "He applied the lash not only to make them eat but to make them sing." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30c2c630-c621-012f-d341-58d385a7bc34
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