The exhibition offers a rare reunion of both of Crowe’s paintings from his Richmond visit: “Slaves Waiting for Sale” and “After the Sale: Slaves Going South from Richmond.” The first was ﻿lent from the private collection of Teresa Heinz and the second by the Chicago History Museum.

The third Crowe slavery painting from that trip, “Slave Sale, Charleston, South Carolina,” was located in Cuba after the publication of her book, McInnis said. Government concerns kept it from traveling to Richmond, but a same-size photograph printed on canvas will be displayed with other related items.

Of the 12 million Africans who were enslaved and sent to the New World, about a half-million arrived in what is now the United States, McInnis said. About 4 million went to the Caribbean and about 5 million to Brazil. ﻿

Virginia ended its participation in the international slave trade in 1788. After the national ban in 1808, the slave trade within the country sent more than two-thirds of a million people from the Upper South to the Lower South — more than the total number of people imported to the U.S. from Africa. ﻿