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A negro hung alive by the ribs to a gallows
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
Coloured print showing a mother being separated from her child after a slave auction.
Tags: Slave trade; Slavery
Bartering on the Niger
Enslaved men and women waiting to be auctioned. Soldiers are keeping guard.
Tags: Auctions; Slave trade; Slavery; Slaves
Tit bits in the West Indies
Three cartoons illustrating the lustful desires planters had toward black women, during slavery, in the West Indies.
The gradual abolition off the slave trade. Or leaving sugar by degrees
Satirical print of George III with the Queen, two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, sitting at a table and discussing their use of sugar as the abolition of the slave trade was ending.
Tags: Antislavery movements; Cartoons (Commentary) - British - 1790-1800; Charlotte, - Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, - 1744-1818 - Staff; Eating & drinking - 1790-1800; Elizabeth, - Princess of England, - 1770-1840; Etchings - Hand-colored - 1790-1800.; George - III, - King of Great Britain, - 1738-1820 - Family; Schwellenbergen, Juliana Elizabeth, - -1797; Slave trade - 1790-1800; Slave traders; Slavery; Sugar - 1790-1800
Sale of slaves by auction
An eighteenth century print depicting an enslaved child [on platform] and woman being auctioned.
Separation of families
Print depicting an enslaved family being separated by two slave owners who are using whips to inflict blows.
Slave auction trade
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.
Tags: Slave trade; Slavery
Slave in chain
Oil painting of an enslaved young man, looking despondent,
as he leans against an object while shackled in chains around his neck and wrist.
as he leans against an object while shackled in chains around his neck and wrist.
Tags: Painting; Slave trade; Slavery