''The Hunted Slaves'' is an oil on canvas painting by British artist

Richard Ansdell Richard Ansdell (11 May 1815 – 20 April 1885) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British painter of animals and genre work, genre scenes. Life Ansdell was born in Liverpool (then in Lancashire), the son of Thomas Griffiths ...

, from 1861. It depicts two

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slaves facing down a group of hunting dogs as they flee. The work is in the collection of the International Slavery Museum, in

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1861 paintings Paintings in Liverpool English paintings Slavery in art Paintings of black people Oil on canvas paintings Paintings of dogs Paintings of men Paintings of women {{1860s-painting-stub