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The negro's complaint

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485486


Item data

Title

The negro's complaint

Collection

Print Collection
Slavery
Slaves.

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1788 - 1870 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

Subjects

Slavery
Chains
African Americans
Slavery -- United States
Cowper, William, 1731-1800. The Negro's complaint

Genres

Prints
Ephemera

Notes

Content: Lest We Forget #225

Physical Description

Engravings

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11486940
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5f328b60-c5f5-012f-ecd6-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1788

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "The negro's complaint" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1788 - 1870. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f328b60-c5f5-012f-ecd6-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1788 - 1870). The negro's complaint Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f328b60-c5f5-012f-ecd6-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "The negro's complaint" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f328b60-c5f5-012f-ecd6-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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