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Selling a freedman to pay his fine, at Monticello, Florida, wood engraving from a sketch by James E. Taylor, 1867.
Depicted here is a free Black man in postbellum Florida, wrists tied in leather and stood atop an auction block, whose labour is being sold under the state's Black Codes, laws which effectively reimposed slavery in all but name.
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library.
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Taylor, J. E. (2026, June 22). Selling a Freedman's Labour: Slavery by Another Name. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21891/selling-a-freedmans-labour/
Chicago Style
Taylor, James E.. "Selling a Freedman's Labour: Slavery by Another Name." World History Encyclopedia, June 22, 2026. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21891/selling-a-freedmans-labour/.
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Taylor, James E.. "Selling a Freedman's Labour: Slavery by Another Name." World History Encyclopedia, 22 Jun 2026, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21891/selling-a-freedmans-labour/.
