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Slide set: The fugitive slaves (lecture: W.C. Hughes, 15 slides, in/before 1888)

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1888

Walter D. Welford and Henry Sturmey (compilers), The 'indispensable handbook' to the optical lantern: a complete cyclopaedia on the subject of optical lanterns, slides, and accessory apparatus (London: Iliffe & Son, 1888), 264

“A set illustrating Slave Life in South America, from original drawings by Frank Weeks. The scenes of the Slave Lovers in the Cotton Plantation -- 'Ye black cuss, the gal is mine', 'Strike her, massa, if you dare.', 'Take dat, you white debil -- take dat' will give an idea of the set.”

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Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 19 November 2022

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Slide set: The fugitive slaves (lecture: W.C. Hughes, 15 slides, in/before 1888)