MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
01138
Record number:
01138-1
JCB call number:
E763 L651s
Image title:
[Diagram of slave ship]
Place image published:
[Geneva]
Image publisher:
[Luc Sestié]
Image date:
[1814]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 15, pt [4a], verso, following title
Technique:
etching and engraving [?]
Image dimension height:
16.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
29.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
26.7 cm.
Page dimension width:
41 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French, English
Description:
Schematic diagram of a slave ship showing how slaves were transported. Of note is the image of a woman giving birth (top figure, lower left).
Source Title:
Résumé du témoignage donné devant un comité de la chambre des communes de la Grande Bretagne et de l'Irlande, touchant la traite des nègres
Source place of publication:
A Geneve [Geneva]
Source publisher:
Chez Manget et Cherbuliez, Libraires. De l'Imprimerie de Luc Sestié, rue de la Pelisserie
Source date:
1814
notes:
This image shows how slaves might have been carried across the Atlantic from Africa. A diagram was originally created by English abolitionists and soon became an icon of the African's ordeal on the Middle Passage. Another view of how slaves were placed is included on the recto of this plate.This pamphlet is the fourth pamphlet in volume 15 of a collection with binder title: Melanges sur l'Amerique.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Slave trade
Subject headings:
Slavery

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