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Title
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An Indian Sent into Slavery
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Rights
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The New York Public Library. Public Domain.
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Creator
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Bogert, G. A. (1876)
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Date
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1882 C.E.
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Description
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This is a print which contains an image in the upper half and text in the lower half. The images are of six men at a dock. Three white men in 1600’s dress in a small boat in the water. On the dock are two white men lowering a Native American man in bondage down to those in the boat. Behind the group is the sea with a large ship in the distance. The image is captioned: An Indian sent into slavery. Below the caption reads: war broke out with them in 1680,--the first year/--e colony, it was comparatively strong, well-armed,/led by West ; and the war was a vig-/, the savages gladly making peace within/--inning. But the conflict had worse results than/ To obtain the money for carrying it on, West/ adopted the plan of offering a price for every In-. Below in italics reads: -That fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina, etc, By John/London, 1707. In Carroll’s Historical Coll., vol. ii. Midpoint of the first piece of text there is an indention and the words ``War with/the Indians' ' is in small print. The print contains hand written messages on the bottom reading “50 c1181 v2/Slavery-US,” and two blue stampings reading “N.Y. Public Library Pictures Collection.”
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Format
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1 print : b ; 16 x 9 cm. (6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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The New York Public Library.
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Contributor
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Vontrice Lemell
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Identifier
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b17594466
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Subject
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Native American; slaves; prisoners; Indians of North America; United States.
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Source
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Jpg file. The New York Public Library. 11/27/21. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-408f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
