Slave Auction: Virginia

ID: 6208 ~ Source: WikiCommons ~ Creator: Unknown ~ Date: February 16, 1861
This file appears in: Frontin, An Enslaved Child from the Boré Plantation
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927.

Depiction of enslaved man, woman, and child auctioned in Virginia.

"Illustrated London News, England, Feb. 16, 1861 The prime feature of this issue is a full page illustration captioned: 'A Slave Auction In Virginia' which shows a family, including a baby in the mother's arms, on the auction block."

This file appears in: Frontin, An Enslaved Child from the Boré Plantation