File:SlavesForSaleNewOrleans1861.jpeg
Summary
1861: "Slaves for sale, a scene in New Orleans."
Republished January 1863 in Harper's Weekly <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/january/slave-pen.htm">[1]</a> with the following text:
A SLAVE-PEN AT NEW ORLEANS—BEFORE THE AUCTION. A SKETCH OF THE PAST.
IN connection with the gradual downfall of slavery, we publish on this page an illustration of a gang of negroes in a slave-pen at New Orleans before an auction. The picture is from a sketch taken by a foreign artist before the war. In describing it the artist wrote:
"The men and women are well clothed, in their Sunday best—the men in blue cloth of good quality, placed in a row in a quiet thoroughfare, where, without interrupting the traffic, they may command a good chance of transient custom, they stand through a great part of the day, subject to the inspection of the purchasing or non-purchasing passing crowd. They look heavy, perhaps a little sad, but not altogether unhappy."
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| current | 09:45, 4 January 2017 | | 760 × 534 (86 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>1861: "Slaves for sale, a scene in New Orleans." </p> <p><br> Republished January 1863 in Harper's Weekly <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/january/slave-pen.htm">[1]</a> with the following text: </p> <p>A SLAVE-PEN AT NEW ORLEANS—BEFORE THE AUCTION. A SKETCH OF THE PAST. </p> <p>IN connection with the gradual downfall of slavery, we publish on this page an illustration of a gang of negroes in a slave-pen at New Orleans before an auction. The picture is from a sketch taken by a foreign artist before the war. In describing it the artist wrote: </p> <p>"The men and women are well clothed, in their Sunday best—the men in blue cloth of good quality, placed in a row in a quiet thoroughfare, where, without interrupting the traffic, they may command a good chance of transient custom, they stand through a great part of the day, subject to the inspection of the purchasing or non-purchasing passing crowd. They look heavy, perhaps a little sad, but not altogether unhappy." </p> |
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