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THBA Poignant and Difficult Image of a Slave Auction
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1687 West Buck Hill Road
Burlington, NC 27215
United States
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LiveFeb 28, 2026
Fascinating Americana Auction offering item in all periods of American history., from colonial through WWII. The items are offered as Autographs, Broadsides, Civil Wat Relics, Civil War Diaries, Confederate items. Political, Presidential, 20th Century Israel, Early Sports. Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions bob@hcaauctions.com
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Two sheets removed from the Harper’s Weekly, July 13, 1861 issue includes; pg. 442 (the auction image) and pg. 447 (3/4 column description of the auction). This original 1861 wood engraving, published in Harper’s Weekly, depicts a harrowing scene titled “A Slave Auction at the South, from an Original Sketch by Theodore R. Davisâ€. The image shows enslaved men, women, and children being auctioned in front of the Eagle Hotel, surrounded by formally dressed bidders and spectators. Davis’ sketch captures the grim reality of human condition in the antebellum South, with detailed architectural and emotional cues including a seven-star CSA flag.. Published just three months into the Civil War, this engraving reflects Northern efforts to document and expose the brutality of slavery. ... page 447, “A slave Auction At The South†provides the eye-witness account by Theodore Davis. In small part “The negro was sold to one of the by-standers, and walked off with his bundle God knows where. ‘Niggers is cheap’ was the only remark of the by-standers’â€.
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