Slaves Sold South from Richmond, 1853This scene was painted by a British artist, based on scenes he witnessed in the U.S. South twenty years after slavery was abolished in the British Empire. Being “sold south,” as this image depicts, was a terrifying fate. In addition to having their families ripped apart, those who were sold were sent to plantations where the labor regimes were famously harsh. Note the ways in which the artist depicts not only the slave families but also the white, mixed, and free black traders. (After the Sale: Slaves Going South from Richmond, 1853 [oil on canvas], by Eyre Crowe [1824–