Title: Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage
Description: "1 woodcut from a daguerreotype of Walker's hand inset into title page. 1 steel engraving of Walker, by J. Andrews, both [produced] by Southworth and Hawes Studio, Boston. ... early example of a daguerreotype used to comment journalistically and now seen as graphically striking as well. Southworth and Hawes were later to work enthusiastically with engravers and created a special lens for such work."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 10
Subjects: Fugitive slaves, Trials (Kidnapping), Trials, litigation, Abolitionists, Slavery, Biography, Antislavery movements, Slavery, united states, Fugitive slaves, united states, Florida, history, Antislavery movements, united states
Places: United States, Florida, Pensacola
People: Jonathan Walker (1799-1878)