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A Slave-Coffle passing the Capitol
Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: A Slave-Coffle passing the Capitol
Additional Description: Fear of being sold was a constant in a slave's life. A changed agriculture economy reduced demand for slave labor; a thriving interstate business then developed selling slaves west and south. Those bound for auction were transported by ship or rail, or walked over land in “coffles.”
Illustration from A Popular History of the United States, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876-1881.
Submitted: April 12, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p579096
File Size: 4.091 Megabytes

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