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A Slave Father Sold Away from His Family

Unattributed fullpage illustration by Hammatt Billings for The Child's Anti-Slavery Book: Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children, edited by "D.W." Ten Illustrations. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1859. This illustration originally appeared in Uncle Tom's Cabin: Illustrated Edition (Boston: Jewett & Company, 1853); Billings drew it to represent Haley taking Tom away from the Shelbys' and his family. Tom, Chloe, their infant, Mose, Pete, Haley, Mrs. Shelby, unidentified slaves.