COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
01138
accession_no
01138
Accession number
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Record number:
01138-1
record_number
01138-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E763 L651s
jcb_call_no
E763 L651s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Diagram of slave ship]
image_title
[Diagram of slave ship]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Geneva]
place_image_published
[Geneva]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Luc Sestié]
image_publisher
[Luc Sestié]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1814]
image_date
[1814]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 15, pt [4a], verso, following title
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 15, pt [4a], verso, following title
Image function
false
Technique:
etching and engraving [?]
technique
etching and engraving [?]
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
29.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
29.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
26.7 cm.
page_dimensions_height
26.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
41 cm.
page_dimensions_width
41 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French, English
languages
French, English
Languages
false
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).
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).
Description
false
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_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 Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Geneve [Geneva]
source_place_of_publication
A Geneve [Geneva]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Manget et Cherbuliez, Libraires. De l'Imprimerie de Luc Sestié, rue de la Pelisserie
source_publisher
Chez Manget et Cherbuliez, Libraires. De l'Imprimerie de Luc Sestié, rue de la Pelisserie
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1814
source_date
1814
Source date
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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.
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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1846.
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
Owner and copyright
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Slave trade
subject_heads
Slave trade
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Slavery
subject_heads
Slavery
Subject headings
false