COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
06847
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06847
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Record number:
06847-12
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06847-12
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JCB call number:
D805 R158h /1-SIZE
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D805 R158h /1-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
The Author in Conversation with a private Soldier of the Black Army on his Excursion in St. Domingo.
image_title
The Author in Conversation with a private Soldier of the Black Army on his Excursion in St. Domingo.
Image title
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Creator 1:
J. Barlow
creator1
J. Barlow
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
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sculp.
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false
Creator 2:
Marcus Rainsford
creator2
Marcus Rainsford
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false
Creator 2 role:
del.
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del.
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false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
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false
Image publisher:
[James Cundee]
image_publisher
[James Cundee]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1805]
image_date
[1805]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
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frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
20.9 cm.
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20.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18 cm.
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18 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
26.6 cm.
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26.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
20.5 cm.
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
English
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English
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Description:
The author, a European gentleman, converses with a Black soldier wearing a turban with feather and holding a musket or gun. Also includes a dog, ships, dwellings, and palm and fruit trees.
description
The author, a European gentleman, converses with a Black soldier wearing a turban with feather and holding a musket or gun. Also includes a dog, ships, dwellings, and palm and fruit trees.
Description
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Source creator:
Rainsford, Marcus, fl. 1805
source_creator
Rainsford, Marcus, fl. 1805
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false
Source Title:
An historical account of the black empire of Hayti ...
source_title
An historical account of the black empire of Hayti ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[London]
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[London]
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false
Source publisher:
Albion Press Printed: Published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall
source_publisher
Albion Press Printed: Published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall
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false
Source date:
1805
source_date
1805
Source date
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notes:
Rainsford arrived in St. Domingue in 1799, pretending to be an American because the English were distrusted by the Haitians. As he attempted to leave the island in that year, his ship began to leak and put into Fort Dauphin or Fort Egalité. There he was sentenced by General Christophe and Muro to death for being an English spy. For fifteen days he was imprisoned awaiting his execution which was finally stayed by Toussaint Louverture. Despite his near execution, he retained a very high regard for Black people and the Haitian Revolution.
notes
Rainsford arrived in St. Domingue in 1799, pretending to be an American because the English were distrusted by the Haitians. As he attempted to leave the island in that year, his ship began to leak and put into Fort Dauphin or Fort Egalité. There he was sentenced by General Christophe and Muro to death for being an English spy. For fifteen days he was imprisoned awaiting his execution which was finally stayed by Toussaint Louverture. Despite his near execution, he retained a very high regard for Black people and the Haitian Revolution.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1900.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1900.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
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false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
subject_heads
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
Subject headings
false