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