Whippin Slaves

Planter whipping slave tied to tree. Illus. in: Exquemelin, Histoire der Boecaniers...(1700), facing p. 29. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Slavery 1700. This record contains unverified, old data from capti More

Print shows sailor on a slave ship suspending an African girl by her ankle from a rope over a pulley. Captain John Kimber stands on the left with a whip in his hand. Attributed to I. Cruikshank in BM CPPS. Cat More

An abolitionist print possibly engraved in 1830, but undocumented aside from the letterpress text which appears on an accompanying sheet. The text reads: "United States' slave trade, 1830. The Copper Plate from More

Print shows a British slave owner with two slaves kneeling before him whom he was about to whip; Britannia appears with the radiant glow of a goddess, causing the man to drop his whip. Includes four lines from More

A white woman whipping a slave girl. Illus. in: Picture of slavery in the United States of America / George Bourne. Middletown, Conn. : E. Hunt, 1834, p. 109. Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A-3.

Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps about the slave whip which Phelps desired to obtain. He writes, "I have bought one for 3/4 of a dollar and forward it this day by the favor of Philip A. Bell to the Li More

Man whipping slave as two other men and a child watch. Illus. in: Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage. Boston : Pub. at the Anti-slavery of More

A somewhat puzzling commentary on two issues: slavery and economic protectionism. The date of the print is uncertain, but it may have appeared as part of the reaction against the Walker Tariff of 1846. A Northe More

A crudely drawn satire bitterly attacking Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and appealing to the "Freemen of America." The print, possibly executed by a free black, criticizes the Democrats' pla More

Print shows a portrait of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, whose arrest and trial under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 touched off riots and protests by abolitionists and citizens of Boston in the spring of 18 More

Wants to give Joe hundred lashes; will come to Charleston; discusses prices. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta More

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta More

On May 27, 1861, Benjamin Butler, commander of the Union army in Virginia and North Carolina, decreed that slaves who fled to Union lines were legitimate "contraband of war," and were not subject to return to t More

Addressed to John Heagy Esq., Highspire P.O., Dauphin Co., Penna. ; postmarked Hummelstown, Pa., September 25 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) pp/liljmem

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Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being More

An extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern slave system. The work consists of a series of twelve vignettes with accompanying verse, following the scheme of the nursery rhyme "The Hous More

Two illustrations showing: Slave being sold as punishment for crime, before Emancipation Proclamation; and African-American being whipped as punishment for crime in 1866. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Jan. 12, p. 24.

Cartoon shows "a skinny old king with hair and beard of cotton, a huge oversize crown on his head, a whip in his hand, sitting on his throne, while African American slaves bring him cool drinks and female slave More

Man whipping small boy; slave dealers abducted boys from Italy. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1873 Sept. 13, p. 801. Reference copy may be in LOT 4403. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. More

Bethany Veney, a former slave, is pictured here later in her life. [At about the age of nine, she says]: "I was put out with an old woman, who gave me my food and clothes for whatever work I could do for her. S More

Illustration shows a man labeled "'Independent' Labor" tied to a post labeled "Organized Tyranny" and being whipped by a man labeled "Professional Entertainer"; in the background, a factory is burning. Illus. More

Illustration shows a scene aboard a ship carrying cotton, with a man labeled "McAdoo", also identified as "St. Clair", a young girl labeled "Miss Columbia", also identified as "Little Eva", the figure of a man More

The New York Common Council enacted an ordinance providing "that no Negro, Mullato or Indian Slave, shall appear in the Streets of this City, above an hour after Sun-set without a candle and Lanthorn, on penalt More

Poster showing German soldiers overseeing slave labor in a factory, and whipping one of the workers. B3002 Wt 5852/2598 10M 6/18. E3114.

Print shows a curiously pastoral scene that actually carries a strongly anti-Copperhead message. The artist contrasts the blessings of Northern free labor with the inhumanity of the Southern plantation system. More

Printed on verso: "From life, taken at Baton Rouge, La., April 2d, 1863." On verso: Facsimile of original medical report to Colonel L.B. Marsh from J.W. Mercer, assistant surgeon with the 47th Massachusetts Vo More

Printed on verso: "From life, taken at Baton Rouge, La., April 2d, 1863." On verso: Facsimile of original medical report to Colonel L.B. Marsh from J.W. Mercer, assistant surgeon with the 47th Massachusetts Vo More

Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps about the slave whip which Phelps desired to obtain. He writes, "I have bought one for 3/4 of a dollar and forward it this day by the favor of Philip A. Bell to the Li More

Wants to give Joe hundred lashes; will come to Charleston; discusses prices. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The title continues: 'Me teach de English Republicans to work. - Scene. A Ploughed Field'. Beneath the title is etched on a separate plate: 'Description - A Row of English People in Tatters, and wooden Shoes, h More

The deck of a slave-ship showing the stern, the lower part of a mast and sail. A girl is suspended by an ankle from a rope held over a pulley by a sailor (right), who hauls at it, leaning back, and saying, "Dam More

A broadside on the public support of John Williams, bookseller, who was fined, imprisoned and made to stand in the pillory in Palace Yard, Westminster, for re-publishing number 45 of John Wilkes's "North Briton More

Vertical wood engraving shows a caricature of Lincoln standing over a slave master who is cracking the whip of Negro Segregation toward a black woman and her three children. Lincoln says, "No nation can stand More

Vertical wood engraving shows a caricature of Lincoln standing over a slave master who is cracking the whip of Negro Segregation toward a black woman and her three children. Lincoln says, "No nation can stand More

A sketch depicting Liberty, the female personification of the United States, poised to whip a slave while an overseer watches. The drawing is the artist's original sketch for an anti-American cartoon that was p More

[top] L'Exécution de la Punition du Fouet. [top] In a public square a black slave tied to a column is flogged by another black slave. Police, other slaves, and native Americans watch the punishment. [bottom] Nè More

Português: Loja de Sapateiro — aquarela, Jean-Baptiste Debret Español: Zapatería, Jean-Baptiste Debret El artista graba dos reacciones en rostros negros: uno mira con recelo el castigo con un azote de paleta qu More

Português: “Tentei captar essa solidão habitual desenhando uma mãe de família, de pequenas posses, em seu lar onde a encontramos sentada, como de hábito, sobre sua marquesa (…) lugar que serve, de dia, como sof More

Black ThornThis satirical print shows a large European man carrying a whip and smoking a long pipe. Unseen around the corner, an African man waits holding a club. The intertwined characteristics of slave-holdin More

Plate numbered 2; sheet of vignettes copied in reverse after George Cruikshank's 'Illustrations of time'; 'Passe-temps': three men concentratedly playing bagatelle; 'Tuer le temps': a military officer striking More

Lithographic caricature magazine of four pages on two leaves, in the form of a (monthly) newspaper; illustrations as follows. 1 July 1833 Page 1. TABLES D'HOTES. Grey, as a waiter, serving a dish of marrow let More

Lithographic caricature magazine of four pages on two leaves, in the form of a (monthly) newspaper; illustrations as follows. 1 July 1833 Page 1. TABLES D'HOTES. Grey, as a waiter, serving a dish of marrow let More

Writing blank of 1816 entitled Bombardment of Algiers; pencil annotation at top left: "2/-";

Slavery in Brazil, by Jean-Baptiste Debret. Español: La esclavitud, de Jean-Baptiste Debret Deutsch: Sklaverei in Brasilien, Jean-Baptiste Debret. Português: Escravidão no Brasil, Jean-Baptiste Debret.

Illustrations for Bizarre Honeymoon. The editorial notes for the 30th Street Graphics ebook describe the work as follows: "Combining the work of at least three people, this unusual publication mixes esoteric, 2 More

Illustrations for Bizarre Honeymoon. The editorial notes for the 30th Street Graphics ebook describe the work as follows: "Combining the work of at least three people, this unusual publication mixes esoteric, 2 More

Illustrations for Bizarre Honeymoon. The editorial notes for the 30th Street Graphics ebook describe the work as follows: "Combining the work of at least three people, this unusual publication mixes esoteric, 2 More

Illustrations for Bizarre Honeymoon. The editorial notes for the 30th Street Graphics ebook describe the work as follows: "Combining the work of at least three people, this unusual publication mixes esoteric, 2 More

Illustrations for Bizarre Honeymoon. The editorial notes for the 30th Street Graphics ebook describe the work as follows: "Combining the work of at least three people, this unusual publication mixes esoteric, 2 More

Shows an African American man retaliating against his new master, who has just whipped him in "The Lash". Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the l More

Shows an African American man's new master whipping him. Forms part of a collection of twelve titled carte-de-visite size cards depicting the evolution of the life of an African American man from a slave to a More

Scars of a whipped Mississippi slave, photo taken (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master More

Wes Brady, ex-slave, Marshall, Texas. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections. His narrative fo More

Scars of a whipped Mississippi slave, photo taken April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master c More

Illustration to the "Third Report of the Female Society for Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Walsall, and their Respective Neighbourhoods, for the Relief of British Negro Slaves, established April 8, 182 More

'We still pay a poll tax to support the flogging of women in Jamaica'.A planter with a whip prepares to strike a female slave who is chained and stripped to the waist Čeština: Otroci

"The House that Jeff Built". US Civil War editorial cartoon. An extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern slave system. The work consists of a series of twelve vignettes with accompa More

Punishment imposed on a mulatto by the president of the Republic Español: Castigo impuesto á un mulato por el presidente de la República.

Reverse of period printed copy of photo of "Whipped Peter", famous photo of "Contraband" (slave freed at Union lines in the American Civil War) showing scars on his back. Reproduction of US Army doctor's short More

Panels from 1863 cartoon "The House That Jeff Built" by David Claypoole Johnston, satirizing Jefferson Davis, slavery, and the Confederacy. Panel 9, showing a "cat-o-nine-tails" whip. "This is the scourge by More

Original caption: "Captain Croker horror stricken at Algiers, on witnessing the Miseries of the Christian Slaves chaind & in Irons driven home after labour by Infidels with large Whips." Additional information More

Scars of a whiped slave (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped; More

Scars of a whipped slave (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA). Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped More

Scars of a whipped slave (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA). Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped More

Scars of a whipped slave (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA). Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped More

Gordon, slave who escaped to Union lines during the American Civil War, displaying scars from whippings. "Gordon under medical inspection". Shows the scars resulting from severe lashings; this slave was able t More

Gordon, slave who escaped to Union lines during the American Civil War, displaying scars from whippings. "Gordon under medical inspection". Shows the scars resulting from severe lashings; this slave was able t More

Scars of a whipped slave (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA). Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped More

Scars of a whipped slave (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA). Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped More

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