SKU: G-TBSM2020081

To Be Sold
The 'To Be Sold' series is based on advertisements from the 1700s and early 1800s. While the Runaway ads describe enslaved people of African descent in sometimes minute details, the To Be Sold advertisements were brief ads tucked in between larger ads. No names. No visual description. Just: "To be sold". As I came across more and more, I became curious. Who are they? Where did they go? Were they being separated from their families? Will they run away? The gold in the works and frame references the use of people as chattel.

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FOR WANT OF EMPLOY, Will be sold a likely NEGRO BOY, about 20 years of age, suitable to attend a Gentleman, or a family. Enquire of the printers. December 11, 1781

Title: To be Sold: Man 20 (1781)
Artist: Cora Marshall
Size: 12" x 16"
Media: Giclee
Edition: 100

NOTE: Giclee prints are made with archival materials and are hand-signed by the artist. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.