Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade

Slaves Waiting for Sale

Slaves Waiting for Sale

Name/Title

Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade

Entry/Object ID

2012.004.01

Description

Using illustrations of slave auctions by British artist Eyre Crowe, explores the texture of the slave trade in the American South (including Charleston), the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Contents: 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. viii, 268 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2012.004.

Source or Donor

New Library Books Purchased (2012)

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund Purchase

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Slavery trade in art--History--19th century, Slave trade--Southern States--19th century, Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond--History--19th century, Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century, Antislavery movements--England--History--19th century

Book Details

Author

McInnis, Maurie D.

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Place Published

Location

Chicago, IL

Date Published

2011

Call No.

N8243 .S576 M35 2011

ISBN

0226559335

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Checked Out

Date

May 2, 2012

Notes

Notes: Bridget

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Maurie D. McInnis. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 11, 2012

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023