Maurie D. McInnis's guest appearances

Maurie D. McInnis

Virginia Historical Society Podcasts

Research at the National Archives and Beyond

James Madison

Lynn Rainville

David Lynch

Douglas Brinkley

Woodrow Wilson

Robert E. Lee

Dred Scott

Cokie Roberts

Jeremy Black

Patrick Henry

Gloria Lucas

Rob Brown

Louis Brandeis

John Brown

John Grady

OwlTail

Slaves Waiting For SaleIn 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia.This innovative book uses Crowe’s paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Tracing Crowe’s trajectory from Richmond across the American South and back to London—where his paintings were exhibited just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War—Maurie D. McInnis illuminates not only how his abolitionist art was inspired and made, but also how it influenced the international public’s grasp of slavery in America. With almost 140 illustrations, Slaves Waiting for Sale brings a fresh perspective to the American slave trade and abolitionism as we enter the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.Maurie McInnis is  professor of Art History and American Studies at the University of Virginia and will begin as provost at the University of Texas at Austin on July 1. She is the author of several books about art and the politics of slavery, most recently Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade (2011). She also curated, “To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade,” an exhibition at the Library of Virginia from Oct. 2014-May 2015.

Slaves Waiting For Sale In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia. This innovative book uses Crowe’s paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Tracing Crowe’s trajectory from Richmond across the American South and back to London—where his paintings were exhibited just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War—Maurie D. McInnis illuminates not only how his abolitionist art was inspired and made, but also how it influenced the international public’s grasp of slavery in America. With almost 140 illustrations, Slaves Waiting for Sale brings a fresh perspective to the American slave trade and abolitionism as we enter the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Maurie McInnis is  professor of Art History and American Studies at the University of Virginia and will begin as provost at the University of Texas at Austin on July 1. She is the author of several books about art and the politics of slavery, most recently Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade (2011). She also curated, “To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade,” an exhibition at the Library of Virginia from Oct. 2014-May 2015.

Slaves Waiting For Sale with Maurie D. McInnis

On January 26, 2012, Maurie D. McInnis delivered a lecture entitled "Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade."In 1853 Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond and captured the scene in sketches that he later developed into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating work, "Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia." In her new book, "Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade," Maurie D. McInnis uses Crowe's paintings to explore the trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans. Through that exploration, which her illustrated lecture will present, she describes the evolving iconography of abolitionist art and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Professor McInnis teaches in the department of art at the University of Virginia. (Introduction by Cheryl Magazine)

Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade by Maurie D. McInnis