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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Bereaved Slave Mother |
| Date | 1844 |
| Record ID | 569019 |
| Collection Name | Sheet Music |
| Reference | SM Pictorial Hutchinsons |
| Theme | Leisure and Play Slavery |
| Library of Congress Subject | Slave trade Auctions Slaves Music |
| Description | Subject: Image of a slave auction being held in front of the United States Capital building in Washington, D.C. A man stands with a gavel on a pedestal, holding the arm of a young African American child to be sold. The child's mother kneels on the ground with her hands clasped together, and is restrained by a Caucasian man. A crowd of mostly Caucasian men surround the pedestal. |
| Author | Hutchinsons |
| Publisher | Prentiss, Henry |
| Places | Boston, United States |
| Document Type | Sheet Music |
| Book Type | Songs Sheet music.aat Lithographs |
| Size | 3 p. of music : lithograph, b&w ; 36 cm |
| Page Numbers | 3 p. of music: lithograph, b&w, 36 cm |
| Additional Notes | Hutchinson, Jesse; Prentiss, Henry, 1813-1853; 1801-1859, copyright holder; publisher |
| Catalog Notes | First line: Oh! Deep was the anguish of the slave mother's heart. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1844 by Jesse Hutchinson Jr. in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts." "Lith. of BouveÌ & Sharp, Boston." |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |