"The choicest pieces of her cargo were sold at auction"
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807878
Item data
Title
"The choicest pieces of her cargo were sold at auction"
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Slavery -- United States
Names
J. C. P. (Artist)
Lindsay, A. (engraver) (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1895
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC SLAVE-US
Subjects
Enslaved persons -- United States
Slave trade -- United States
Slave traders -- United States
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Jan. 1895 N.Y.".
Source Note: Harper's magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 22 x 13 cm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17594466
Barcode: 33333159335625
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 809b1610-c563-012f-dfce-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1895
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""The choicest pieces of her cargo were sold at auction"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1895. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/809b1610-c563-012f-dfce-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1895). "The choicest pieces of her cargo were sold at auction" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/809b1610-c563-012f-dfce-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""The choicest pieces of her cargo were sold at auction"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/809b1610-c563-012f-dfce-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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