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A negro hung alive by the ribs to a gallows

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A photographic print of a live negro hanging from a gallows by a rope tied around his ribs. Human skeletal remains are on the ground below him.

A distressing parting between parent and child

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Coloured print showing a mother being separated from her child after a slave auction.

Bartering on the Niger

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Enslaved men and women waiting to be auctioned. Soldiers are keeping guard.

Tit bits in the West Indies

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Three cartoons illustrating the lustful desires planters had toward black women, during slavery, in the West Indies.

Sale of slaves by auction

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An eighteenth century print depicting an enslaved child [on platform] and woman being auctioned.

Separation of families

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Print depicting an enslaved family being separated by two slave owners who are using whips to inflict blows.

Slave auction trade

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A slave auction taking place near along the harbour. Seen in the background is a ship, possibly belonging to one of the men selling or making purchases.

Slave in chain

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Oil painting of an enslaved young man, looking despondent,
as he leans against an object while shackled in chains around his neck and wrist.