COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
68-553
Record number:
68-553-3
JCB call number:
68-553
Image title:
[Slaves being led by a white man]
Place image published:
[Sheffield]
Image publisher:
[J. Blackwell ... Miss Gales ... Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green]
Image date:
[1826]
Image function:
illustration; p. [59]
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
5.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
8.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
21.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
A group of black slaves is led by a white man in clerical dress while two other white men converse.
Source Title:
The negro's friend, or, the Sheffield anti-slavery album.
Source place of publication:
Sheffield
Source publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Blackwell, High Street, and Miss Gales, Hartshead; Also, by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London; and all booksellers.
Source date:
1826
notes:
This illustration precedes the story of a British missionary who devoted himself to converting and comforting slaves on plantations in the West Indies.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1968.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Slaves--Missions--Caribbean area
Subject headings:
Slavery--Caribbean area