A slave family in exaltation on August 1834

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Title

A slave family in exaltation on August 1834

Description

A drawing of elated enslaved Africans after they heard that enslaved persons in the British West Indies would be liberated on August 1, 1834.

Subject

Photographic prints; Slavery; Slaves; Liberty

Source

NLJ Print Collection

Identifier

D0002808

Rights

Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Library of Jamaica.

Format

JPEG

Type

Print

Publisher

1834

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Citation

“A slave family in exaltation on August 1834 ,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed April 24, 2024, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/1288.