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Title:
Slaves waiting for sale : abolitionist art and the American slave trade
Author:
McInnis, Maurie Dee, author.
ISBN:
9780226559339
Publication Information:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
viii, 268 pages, 12 colored plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Contents:
Introduction: waiting -- With Thackeray in America -- Representing the slave trade -- Mapping Richmond's slave trade in 1853 -- The red flag -- Dressed for sale -- Going South -- Exhibiting the slave trade in England -- Epilogue: remembering the slave trade.
Abstract:
In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia. This innovative uses Crowe's paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Tracing Crowe's trajectory from Richmond across the American South and back to London-where his paintings were exhibited just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War- Maurie D. McInnis illuminates not only how his abolitionist art was inspired and made, but also how it influenced the international public's grasp of slavery in America. With almost 140 illustrations, this book brings a fresh perspective to the American slave trade and abolitionism as we enter the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. -- Book Jacket.
Summary:
In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia. This innovative uses Crowe's paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Tracing Crowe's trajectory from Richmond across the American South and back to London-where his paintings were exhibited just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War- Maurie D. McInnis illuminates not only how his abolitionist art was inspired and made, but also how it influenced the international public's grasp of slavery in America. With almost 140 illustrations, this book brings a fresh perspective to the American slave trade and abolitionism as we enter the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. -- Book Jacket.
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