Sujet

Bill of sale for a girl named Clary purchased by Robert Jardine for 50 pounds, January 15, 1806. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Clary and the Fancy Girl Trade, 1806; Black women were the sexual prey of white men since the 1600s. During the domestic slave trade, a new category of enslaved women emerged, known as “fancy girls.” Young and usually light-skinned, these black women were purchased explicitly for sexual exploitation, at rates four to five times the price of women field laborers.;Slavery and Freedom Exhibition

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A72_493

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

648,9Mo (22,2Mo) / 104,9cm x 155,0cm / 12388 x 18309 (300dpi)

Mots clés

education country law crime museum rape bill paper text location century handwriting papers paperwork document ownership property concept exploitation African American African-American B&W owner afro-american slavery slave slaves United States of America Smithsonian Institution 19th century black & white black and white B W Educational Institution nineteenth century heritage American America USA scientific institution slave trade united states Unknown Ink on paper cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art enslaved person enslaved people National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC bill of sale bills of sale sex slaves sexual exploitation