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Slaveholder talking to one of his slaves, Civil War period, United States

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Title
Slaveholder talking to one of his slaves, Civil War period, United States
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

African-American History -- 1860s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1864
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-H-186
Topics
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Slaves -- United States -- 1860-1869
Rifles -- 1860-1869
African Americans -- History -- 1860-1869
Slaveholders -- United States -- 1860-1869
Bulls -- United States -- 1860-1869
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Chivalric Southerner. 'Here! you mean, inferior, degraded Chattel, jest kitch holt of one of them 'ere muskits, and conquer my freedom for me!' Chattel. 'Well, dunno, Massa; guess you'd better not be free: you know, Massa, slave folks is deal happier than free folks.'" Written on border: "Dec. 10, 1864."
Source note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 14 x 12 cm. (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17149519
Barcode: 33333159331384
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d38894d0-c52e-012f-cd93-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1864: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Slaveholder talking to one of his slaves, Civil War period, United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1864. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3fc2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Slaveholder talking to one of his slaves, Civil War period, United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3fc2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1864). Slaveholder talking to one of his slaves, Civil War period, United States Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3fc2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Slaveholder talking to one of his slaves, Civil War period, United States