Woodcut from 1839 Anti-Slavery Almanac

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A woodcut depicts the capture of a fugitive from slavery by a slave patrol. Slave patrols were common in Georgia from 1757 until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

From The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1839

Woodcut from 1839 Anti-Slavery Almanac

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