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"Slave Sale, Charleston, South Carolina, from a Sketch by Eyre Crowe"

Description

Photographic reprint of an engraving depicting the sale of enslaved Africans in Charleston.

The engraving was based on a painting by Crowe depicting an actual scene witnessed by him 1853. It was published in the Illustrated London News on November 29, 1856, accompanied by an essay in which Crowe concluded with a call for greater public condemnation of slavery by the British. (Eyre Crowe website, https://eyrecrowe.com.)

Item Details

Object ID: 2019.003.2
Creator: Crowe, Eyre
Date: 1856 (date of original)
Subjects:
African Americans--History--19th Century--Pictorial Works
African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston--19th Century--Pictorial Works
Slave Trade--South Carolina--Charleston--19th Century--Pictorial Works
Slaveholders--South Carolina--Charleston--19th Century--Pictorial Works
Slaves--South Carolina--Charleston--19th Century--Pictorial Works