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This passage describes "spectators" and prospective buyers examining slaves.

This passage describes the separation of slave families during the auction.

This is a passage describing how a disfigurement can alter the price of a slave. In this case, a missing eye lowers the value of a male slave.

Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' is a satirical essay where Swift suggests, with chilling seriousness, that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to the rich. Swift used extreme irony and…

This is a list of some of the slaves that were up for auction.

This image shows a group of Philadelphia abolitionists including Robert Purvis. There is also Lucretia Mott who was a women suffragette and abolitionists.

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America. Containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. With the addition of New York, and of the greatest part of New England, as also of the bordering parts of…

KSU MGC members participated in the Yard Show, an annual stepping and strolling competition hosted by NPHC and MGC. The performances highlight the history and beliefs of the different Greek entities.

The Branded Hand of Captain Jonathan Walker sixth-plate by Southworth and Hawes, 1845. The inscription on the back of the case reads: "This Daguerreotype was taken by Southworth Aug. 1845 it is a copy of Captain Jonathan Walker's hand as branded by…

Cover Image for the full souvenir book document. Yellow background with the words, "SOUVENIER EDITION- THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO" printed in the center with the years 1492 and 1893 printed around the main text. Behind the words there…