Period 4 Question 1

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Broadside depicting the treatment of the physical and mental violence of enslaved Africans.
Close up view of vignette from a broadside depicting the treatment of the physical and mental violence of enslaved Africans.

Detail 1: "The husband and wife, after being sold to different purchasers, violently separated; probably never to see each other more."

Close up view of vignette from a broadside depicting the treatment of the physical and mental violence of enslaved Africans.

Detail 2: "When slaves are purchased by the planters, they are generally marked on the breast with a red hot iron."

Source: Samuel Wood, Injured Humanity, 1805 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)