This large, bold woodcut image of a supplicant male slave in chains appears on the 1837 broadside publication of John Greenleaf Whittier's antislavery poem, "Our Countrymen in Chains." The design was originally adopted as a seal of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery in England as early as 1787. Here, in addition to Whittier's poem, the appeal to conscience against slavery continues with two further quotes. The first is the scriptural warning, "He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Exodus XXI, 16." Next the claim, "England has 800,000 Slaves and she has made them free. America has 2,250,00 and she holds them fast." The broadside is advertised at "Price Two Cents Single: or $1.00 per hundred."

The item is housed in the Rare Book, Broadside Collection, portfolio 118, no. 32a.

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