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MAKER: unknown PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: paper (overall material) ink (overall material) MEASUREMENTS: image: 7 1/2 in x 12 in; 19.05 cm x 30.48 cm OBJECT NAME: Lithograph OBJECT TYPE: Lithograph PLACE MADE: World DATE MADE: ca 1855 DESCRIPTION: This undated print depicts a scene from Chapter 30 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, “The Slave Warehouse,” in which the fifteen-year-old Emmeline is separated from her mother and sold to the villainous Simon Legree. A group of white men are gathered in a circular inspecting a selection of slaves who are up for auction. On the left, a young boy is examined by a group of prospective buyers, while Emmeline stands on the auction block on the right. Her mother makes a pleading gesture towards Legree, who raises his hand to place the winning bid. A caption below the illustration, a caption reads, “The Hammer Falls…’he has got the girl body & soul unless God help her,’” revealing the man’s sexual desire towards the girl. In this illustration, Emmeline has been given distinctively white skin, to emphasize that she is a quadroon, one-fourth black, and thereby garner extra sympathy from white Northerners. LOCATION: Currently not on view SUBJECT: African American Reform Movements Blacks REFERENCED: Civil War DEPICTED: Slavery CREDIT LINE: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection ID NUMBER: DL.60.2419 CATALOG NUMBER: 60.2419 ACCESSION NUMBER: 228146 SEE MORE ITEMS IN: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life American Civil War Prints Art Domestic Furnishings DATA SOURCE: National Museum of American History GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-0849-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa EDAN-URL: