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"A Slave Auction At The South," 1861

A hand-colored engraving of an outdoor slave auction with enslaved people on an auction block, with auctioneer in foreground and surrounded by buyers from Harper's Weekly July 13, 1861.

“A Slave Auction At The South,” 1861

Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection

"A Slave Auction At The South," 1861. Harper's Weekly; Theodore Russell Davis, draftsman

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Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection
Date 1861
Copyright Public Domain
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