MAKER:
unknown
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
MEASUREMENTS:
image: 7 1/2 in x 12 in; 19.05 cm x 30.48 cm
OBJECT NAME:
Lithograph
OBJECT TYPE:
Lithograph
PLACE MADE:
World
DATE MADE:
ca 1855
DESCRIPTION:
This undated print depicts a scene from Chapter 30 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, “The Slave Warehouse,” in which the fifteen-year-old Emmeline is separated from her mother and sold to the villainous Simon Legree. A group of white men are gathered in a circular inspecting a selection of slaves who are up for auction. On the left, a young boy is examined by a group of prospective buyers, while Emmeline stands on the auction block on the right. Her mother makes a pleading gesture towards Legree, who raises his hand to place the winning bid. A caption below the illustration, a caption reads, “The Hammer Falls…’he has got the girl body & soul unless God help her,’” revealing the man’s sexual desire towards the girl. In this illustration, Emmeline has been given distinctively white skin, to emphasize that she is a quadroon, one-fourth black, and thereby garner extra sympathy from white Northerners.
LOCATION:
Currently not on view
SUBJECT:
African American
Reform Movements
Blacks
REFERENCED:
Civil War
DEPICTED:
Slavery
CREDIT LINE:
Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
ID NUMBER:
DL.60.2419
CATALOG NUMBER:
60.2419
ACCESSION NUMBER:
228146
SEE MORE ITEMS IN:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
American Civil War Prints
Art
Domestic Furnishings
DATA SOURCE:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-0849-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
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Captions
Chapter 30 of Uncle Tom's Cabin The Slave Warehouse
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