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Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a Southern Market

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1229084


Item data

Title

Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a Southern Market

Collection

The slave states of America

Names

Holl, Francis, 1815-1884 (Engraver)
Brooke, William Henry, 1772-1860 (Illustrator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1842
Place: London; Paris
Publisher: Fisher, Son & Co.
Place: London, Paris

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 917.5-B (Buckingham, J.S. Slave states of America)

Subjects

Slavery -- Southern States
Slave trade -- United States
Slave traders
Slavery -- Southern States

Genres

Illustrations

Physical Description

Engravings

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR1619052-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11717614
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8cf14220-c61f-012f-fbf7-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1842

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a Southern Market" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1842. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cf14220-c61f-012f-fbf7-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1842). Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a Southern Market Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cf14220-c61f-012f-fbf7-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Gang of slaves journeying to be sold in a Southern Market" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cf14220-c61f-012f-fbf7-58d385a7bc34

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