Slaves Waiting for Sale
Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade
Slaves Waiting for Sale
Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade
In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia.
280 pages | 12 color plates, 125 halftones | 7 x 10 | © 2011
Art: American Art
History: American History
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Table of Contents
1
With Thackeray in America
Representing the Slave Trade
Mapping Richmond’s Slave Trade in 1853
The Red Flag
Dressed for Sale
Going South
Exhibiting the Slave Trade in England
EPILOGUE
Remembering the Slave Trade
Notes
Awards
National Museum of American Art: Charles C. Eldredge Prize
Won
Library of Virginia: Library of Virginia Literary Awards
Won
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