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A slave auction at the south

Theodore R. Daviscirca 1861

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
United States

original sketch by Theodore R. Davis

African American men, women, and children being auctioned off in front of crowd of men.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

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