First Slave Auction 1655 Howard Pyle by Howard Pyle

Painted street scene of a 17th-century slave auction, with an enslaved man on a platform before a gathered crowd.

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A painted street scene shows a shirtless enslaved man standing before a crowd as a man in a dark green coat and lace collar gestures toward him, while onlookers in period hats and collars gather on a cobbled street. A brick building with stepped gable and the date 1643 stands behind them, beneath a hanging tavern sign. This print by Howard Pyle, dated 1895, is held by Wikimedia Commons.

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1895

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