Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Author in Conversation with a private Soldier of the Black Army on his Excursion in St. Domingo.
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Accession number:
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06847
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Record number:
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06847-12
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JCB call number:
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D805 R158h /1-SIZE
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Image title:
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The Author in Conversation with a private Soldier of the Black Army on his Excursion in St. Domingo.
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Creator 1:
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J. Barlow
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Creator 1 role:
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sculp.
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Creator 2:
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Marcus Rainsford
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Creator 2 role:
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del.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[James Cundee]
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Image date:
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[1805]
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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20.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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18 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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26.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Rainsford, Marcus, fl. 1805
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Source Title:
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An historical account of the black empire of Hayti ...
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Source place of publication:
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[London]
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Source publisher:
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Albion Press Printed: Published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall
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Source date:
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1805
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1900.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
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