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Lesson 9 Document 13

 

Descriptive Title:  A Slave Auction in Virginia. 

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  Original Caption:  A Slave Auction in Virginia. 

 Material Type:  Wood engravings 

 Creator:  Unidentified 

 Date:  1861 

 Source:  The Illustrated London News; February 16, 1861; p. 139. 

 Location:  Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. 

 Subjects:  Slaves--Virginia

Slave trade—Virginia

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