Auction at Richmond
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Title
Auction at Richmond
Subject
Slave trade, auction
Description
George Bourne declared that illustrations in his Picture of Slavery, first published in 1834, were accurate illustrations of slavery. A clergyman, Bourne became an abolitionist while serving a Presbyterian church in the Harrisonburg, Virginia, area. Eventually settling in New York, Bourne was a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society and a contributor to the Liberator, the leading abolitionist newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison.
Creator
George Bourne
Source
The Picture of Slavery
Publisher
Boston
Date
1838
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
Work is Public Domain; image from Library of Virginia
Format
Engraving
Identifier
04_0097_12.jpg
Citation
George Bourne, “Auction at Richmond,” To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade, accessed October 31, 2025, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/373.