Augustus Earle - "Punishing negroes at Cathabouco (Rio de Janeiro) where a slave is whipped by a fellow black man as a white man watches on. The artist really shows the emotion and stress on the persecutors face.
Slave Ship - J.M.W Turner
This painting tells us how fugitive slaves and white people came together to find freedom. People who normally helped slaves helped them because they realized the horror and conditions they went through. The dark colours are very dramatic and the white part in the corner could represent the freedom they are riding towards.
Slaves Waiting for Sale by Eyre Crowe in 1861 is a scene from an auction waiting room where slaves look proper and well dressed only so the buyer doesn't know what horror they have been through. This is sometimes the case where families are split and slaves wait curiously and wonder what their new life will be like. This was exhibited in 1861 in the Royal Academy.
The Slave Trade - George Morland
The Slave Trade by George Morland was first exhibited in 1788. The paintings shows how the slaves are captured and how terrified they look. This piece also creates effect by being in balck and white to represent hope and fear.
Sugar Plantation Scene - 1823
This Sugar Plantation is a representation of the kind of work slaves had to endure, they would work for hours on end without a break. The sugar would then be sent off
The Weeping Time - Jason Skog
This illustration by Jason Skog is a powerful definition of the pain and fear of the slaves when separated from their families into a new life. This was in the southern United States in the late 1850's.
The Runaway Slave - This painting shows how some fugitive slaves found help from white people who believed in the abolition
A Ride For Liberty - Eastman Johnson 1863
This painting tells us how fugitive slaves and white people came together to find freedom. People who normally helped slaves helped them because they realized the horror and conditions they went through.
Slave Coffle, Central Africa 1861
This Sugar Plantation is a representation of the kind of work slaves had to endure, they would work for hours on end without a break. The sugar would then be sent off to England and sold.
The Slave Gang - London Missionary Society this painting shows the Arabs capturing and killing slaves in their own village
