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Commerce des Esclaves [graphic].
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Creator
Inselin, C. engraver.
Title
Commerce des Esclaves [graphic].
Title
Slave trading
Publisher
[Paris: s.n]
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1698
Date
[1698]
Physical Description
1 print: woodcut; image 14 x 9 cm. (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Description
Two male slaves, who are bound together at the ankle, are bought by a European slave-trader. The figure to the left is most likely an African slave-trader. The man smokes a pipe and holds a small child by the hand. In the lower left-hand corner, a woman grinds corn ("coscou") with a mortar and pestle. An infant is tied to her back. Behind the group, three slaves paddle a small boat on the ocean ("comme les Negres rament de bout"). A larger vessel, possibly a slave-ship, is visible in the background.
Is part of
Froger, François, b. 1676. Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695, 1696 & 1697. Paris: Imprimée par les soins & aux frais du sieur de Fer, geographe de Monseigneur la dauphin. Dans l'isle du Palais, sur le quay de l'Horloge, à la Sphere royale, [1698].
Notes
Plate in François Froger's Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695, 1696 & 1697: aux côtes d'Afrique, détroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne & isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du roy, commandée par M. de Gennes (A Paris: Imprimée par les soins & aux frais du sieur de Fer, geographe de Monseigneur le dauphin. Dans l'isle du Palais, sur le quay de l'Horloge, à la Sphere royale: Et chez G. Saugrain dans la grande salle du Palais, à la Croix d'or., M.DC.XCVIII. [1698]), p. 16.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Images from the Slave Trade.
Subject
Slave trade.
Genre
Woodcuts -- 1690-1700.
Book illustrations -- 1690-1700.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1698 Froge 578.D p 16
Accession number
578.D
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Fels African Americana Image Project
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