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Illustration shows seven male slaves in tattered clothing who are chained together by shackles around their necks. Holding shovels and other tools, they set off to work in a field.; Illustration in the American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838 (Boston: Published by D.K. Hitchcock, 1837), p. 21.; Caption underneath the image reads: "The slaves are sometimes chained together when they go to work in the fields, lest their love of liberty should induce them to make violent efforts to escape."

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Keywords

  1. Anti Slavery Prints
  2. Book Illustrations
  3. Capture & Imprisonment
  4. Chain Gangs
  5. Pictorial Works
  6. Slaver
  7. Slavery
  8. Slaves
  9. Southern States
  10. United States
  11. Woodcuts

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