Fifth Post: Cotton Monster & Ornaments

"Cotton Monster"

12 x 17

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Second part of my illustration series based around the American slave trade, showing the systematic and machine-like qualities of slavery. The cotton industry depended a on slave labor, that why the diagram of the cotton gin is shown along with cotton fields. 

"Ornaments"

12 x 17

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The third part of my slave trade project shows the mechanic practice of lynching. Along with the other illustrations that depict a diagram or schematic, this one shows the step-by-step way to tie a noose, suggesting that it is still apart of a systematic institution.