COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
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JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
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Accession number:
84-95
accession_number
84-95
Accession number
false
Title:
BARBARITIES in the WEST INDIES
title
BARBARITIES in the WEST INDIES
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Publisher:
Pubd. ... by H Humphrey N. 18 Old Bond Street.
publisher
Pubd. ... by H Humphrey N. 18 Old Bond Street.
Publisher
false
Date:
1791. April 23
date
1791. April 23
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching, colored
image_technique
Etching, colored
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
24.6 x 35 cm. (plate mark)
image_dimensions
24.6 x 35 cm. (plate mark)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Debate on William Wilberforce's motion for abolishing the slave trade (April 18, 1791). Images include: sugar boiling house; plantation overseer; black slave. .
narrative_description
Debate on William Wilberforce's motion for abolishing the slave trade (April 18, 1791). Images include: sugar boiling house; plantation overseer; black slave. .
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 7848
references
BM 7848
References
false
Notes:
Explanation, below title, relates the story of an overseer who threw a slave into a vat of boiling cane juice. The slave died and the only punishment the overseer received was to replace the slave and be dismissed from his job.
notes
Explanation, below title, relates the story of an overseer who threw a slave into a vat of boiling cane juice. The slave died and the only punishment the overseer received was to replace the slave and be dismissed from his job.
Notes
false
Subject:
Abolition of the slave trade Slavery--West Indies
subject
Abolition of the slave trade Slavery--West Indies
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1791
normalized_date
1791
Normalized date
false