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Historical Documents "Kidnapping a free Negro to be sold into slavery" 1834 |
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click image for close-upThis woodcut from 1834 depicts a free black being kidnapped by slavers. The demand for slaves to labor on southern cotton plantations made kidnapping of free persons a common practice.
Image Credit: From the collections of the Library of Congress
Related Entries:
• Kidnapping in Pennsylvania
• Emma Lapsansky on kidnapping in Philadelphia
• Julie Winch on the economic impetus for kidnapping
• Norrece Jones on kidnapping and class
• Julie Winch on the kidnapping of children
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