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Henry Bibb escaped slavery in 1838 and became a leading figure in the fugitive slave community in Canada. In his memoir, he described an auction of enslaved people: "The slaves were offered on the auction block one after another, until they were all…

John Armfield and employees guarding a coffle of enslaved men and women being marched southwest.

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.…

Article describing auction

Engraving of African American barber

Engraving of auction

Groups of enslaved people being sent south

Auction of enslaved people