The cruelties of slavery [graphic]
Item
Creator
American Anti-Slavery Society
Title
The cruelties of slavery [graphic]
Description
1 print: woodcut; image 6 x 8 cm. (2.25 x 3 in)
Holding a whip in his right hand, a slaveowner moves to strike a female slave kneeling beneath him. The slave reaches her arms toward her baby, who dangles by one wrist from the slaveowner's left hand. To the right, another slaveowner looks on as mother and child are separated. In the left background, four bound slaves march off in single file.
Holding a whip in his right hand, a slaveowner moves to strike a female slave kneeling beneath him. The slave reaches her arms toward her baby, who dangles by one wrist from the slaveowner's left hand. To the right, another slaveowner looks on as mother and child are separated. In the left background, four bound slaves march off in single file.
Date
May 1835
Source
Library Company of Philadelphia
Contributor
Rogers, Tammy
Bibliographic Citation
The cruelties of slavery. [May 1835]. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2856. (Accessed July 11, 2021.)