Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 373

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(SLAVERY.) [George N. Barnard, photographer.] Stereoview of an Atlanta slave market. Pair of 3 x 2¾-inch albumen photographs on original plain mount, with cancelled revenue stamp and inked caption on verso reading "Slave pen in Atlanta, Ga."; minor wear on verso. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., [1864]
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One of a few known contemporary photographs of a slave market, bearing the large sign "Auction & Negro Sales." It was operated by Crawford, Frazer & Co. at 8 Whitehall Street, on what is now Peachtree Street where the Five Points station now stands. It was one of a series of photographs done by an official Union Army photographer under General Sherman in occupied Atlanta. The man seated with a rifle in front of the store appears to be a union soldier, and might well have been with the United States Colored Troops.

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