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Anti-Slavery Record, October 1835

Roy Davis & Audrey Ann1835

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, United States

This abolitionist pamphlet from October 1835 details the treatment of female slaves, with an illustration of a woman being flogged on a plantation by an overseer in front of two other women and a child, while a presumed plantation owner sits in a chair and watches. The written details feature eyewitness testimony to the practice by a former slaveholder.

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  • Title: Anti-Slavery Record, October 1835
  • Creator: Roy Davis & Audrey Ann
  • Date: 1835
  • Subject Keywords: Abolitionists--Periodicals., Slavery--United States., Periodical illustrations--1830-1840.
  • Rights: All rights reserved by National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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