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An illustration by Theodore R. Davis titled "A Slave Auction At The South." Davis sketched this scene of a slave auction in the south for an 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly.
Date: July 13, 1861
Item Number: 532610
Call Number: GL 051 H23w v. 5 p. 442
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 532610
Collections - Library
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Drawing
People - African Americans - Slavery
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Illustrations
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