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Cardozo Law Review

Abstract

The slave auction is among the most powerful images in the history of the United States. Depictions of slave auctions vary, but of the recurring compositional elements, the most fearful and moving is the separation by sale of a young child from his or her mother. The slave auction image starkly represents the inhumanity of American slavery, the racism of the United States, and the contradictions of American liberalism.

Keywords

Sales, Civil Rights, Law and Society

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Law and Society

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