Slave Market

Linked to Slavery in Antebellum Georgia

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This pen-and-ink drawing and watercolor by Henry Byam Martin depicts a slave market in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1833. An inscription on the original reads "Charleston S.C. 4th March 1833 'The land of the free & home of the brave.'"

Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

Slave Market

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