Illustration of American Slavery

What image of American slavery is being presented in this series of excerpts, republished in The Anti-Slavery Reporter (June 1, 1847)? We might assume that readers of this text would be already invested in the cause of abolition, since they are reading the periodical, but what in particular would they notice about this text? What aspects of slavery are highlighted in particular? Does there seem to be a conscious decision to underscore particular aspects of slavery in the United States? Do these idea of slavery (and, by correlation, race) resonate with the novels that we are reading or with Carlyle's essay?

State of the Slave-Market?

Does it seem accurate to suggest that these advertisements are looking for "slaves"? How would people in 1847 have interpreted that language? What do you make of the reference to Turkey (one that came up in the first reading from Jane Eyre)? How might we perceive Becky Sharp and Miss Temple (or the other teachers at Lowood School) responding to these advertisements? What about Jane herself, toward the end of the reading? How might we read the language in this sketch from Punch against the language of slavery used in Bronte's novel? Are they the same? Different? (April 17, 1847)