Showing posts with label kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kentucky. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Photograph Said to Be Taken During a Slave Auction in the Cheapside Area of Lexington, Kentucky (1862)


Photograph said to be taken during a slave auction in the Cheapside area of Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1861-1862. The man standing on a platform in the center waving his arms looks as though he is an auctioneer. The bovine in the left background might suggest that the photo actually depicts a livestock auction, although Cheapside was the location of a slave market in the period. Originally published in the book Slavery Times in Kentucky by John Winston Coleman.

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Friday, July 28, 2017

Friday, September 9, 2016

Friday, August 19, 2016

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Hand-Colored Photograph Said to be Taken During the Last Public Slave Auction on Cheapside Street in Lexington, Kentucky (1860's)


Hand-colored photograph said to be taken during the last public slave auction on Cheapside Street in Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1860's. The auction looks as though it is possibly in progress with the figures who are standing over the crowd possibly being the slaves for sale and the crowd in front of them (nearer to the photographer) being the interested buyers. The slave auctions took place on the grounds of the Fayette County Courthouse which is visible at left.

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Monday, March 9, 2015

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Monday, January 19, 2015

A Slave-Owning Family Posing in the Front Yard of Their House With at Least Three of Their Slaves Probably Visible Said to be Taken in Kentucky


A slave-owning family posing in the front yard of their house with at least three of their slaves probably visible said to be taken in Kentucky, c. 1850’s. From the book Slavery Times in Kentucky.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Militiamen From the Lexington Light Infantry on Parade (1855)


Militiamen from the Lexington Light Infantry on parade in Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1855. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014