Slave Hunt

An enslaved family, at lower left, hides from slave catchers closing in on them in this oil painting by Thomas Moran titled Slave Hunt. The Black man holds a knife as two white men, at upper right, search the thickly forested area. This scene likely depicts the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia, as this painting is a close replica of another, larger one by Moran that identifies that swamp as the location.