Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Picture of Slavery in the United States of America
1834
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This book is entitled "Picture of Slavery in the United States of America," and was written by Reverend George Bourne. It was published by Edwin Hunt in 1834. The text is bound in a plain dark blue paper cover with text on the interior pages printed in black ink. There are ten (10) engravings included, featuring images related to scenes of slavery.
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Catalog reference: 2013.46.7
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