- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Slave Market
- Creator:
- Martin, Henry Byam, Sir, 1803-1865
- Date of Original:
- 1833
- Subject:
- Slaves--South Carolina--Charleston
Women slaves--South Carolina--Charleston
Slavery--United States
Slave traders--South Carolina--Charleston
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Auctions--South Carolina--Charleston
Child slaves--South Carolina--Charleston
African American women--South Carolina--Charleston
African American children--South Carolina--Charleston
African American men--South Carolina--Charleston - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
watercolors (paintings) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This pen-and-ink drawing and watercolor by Henry Byam Martin depicts a slave market in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1833. An inscription on the original reads "Charleston S.C. 4th March 1833 'The land of the free & home of the brave.'"
Image of a pen-and-ink drawing and watercolor by Henry Byam Martin depicting a slave market in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1833. A black family, consisting of a man, woman, and two small children, stands on a raised platform. A white auctioneer stands on the block holding a bill out for prospective buyers to see.
An inscription on the original reads "Charleston S.C. 4th March 1833 'The land of the free & home of the brave.'" - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-in-antebellum-georgia/m-3670/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-antebellum-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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