A slave plantation – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of A slave plantation. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A slave plantation
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Unlike the other views in this group, which mostly show towns and fields, this engraving takes a single plantation as its subject. It appeared as an illustration on page 94 of George Bourne's 1834 book, *Picture of Slavery in the United States*. Bourne, an English-born minister who had lived in Virginia, wrote the book to show northern readers the realities of enslavement. Wood engravings were inexpensive to reproduce in quantity, which made them a useful tool for the antislavery movement in the early 1830s.
| Created / published | 1834 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Wood engravings 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Illus. from: Picture of slavery in the United States / George Bourne, 1834, p. 94. |
| Subjects | Slavery--United States--1830-1840. Slaves--United States--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,281 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194126 |
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