(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) EGYPT Slave Mart Cairo

Sale 2408 - Lot 40

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) EGYPT. Slave Mart Cairo. Two-tone lithograph, 10-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches (image size) with fine wide margins. London: C. Hallman, engraved by J. C. Bourne from a drawing by O. B. Carter, circa 1840's

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An accurate picture of the sale of black Africans by the Arab slavers. Markets like this existed well into the end of the 19th century, officially and "unofficially." Young boys and girls are held in virtual slavery on the West African cocoa plantations even today