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Summary Of A Drawing During The Abolition Times
This is a drawing during the abolition time. What this picture displays is very disturbing. It is just what it looks like, a slave on a ship being hung upside down by white slave-owners. It appears that these slave-owners are doing this for their own sick enjoyment. This is just another example of how badly slaves were treated during this time. It is like they were not even humans at all.
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