Details
Title [Methods and instruments of restraint, plate II] [graphic].
Publisher [London: s.n]
Publisher ENGLAND. London. 1791
Date [1791]
Physical Description 1 print: woodcut; overall 24 x 19 cm. (9.5 x 7.75 in)
Description Illustration shows some types of restraints used by Mundingo (African) slave merchants when marching groups of slaves from Bambarra to Galam. Referring to Fig. I, Clarkson explained: "AA represents two separate pieces of wood, which in the Fig. 2, 3 are made fast to the necks of two Negroes by means of cords, which are composed of the roots of trees, and are in use in those countries. Many of the Negroes were accustomed to be driven before the Mundingoes, one by one, each with this instrument on his neck." As Clarkson continued, "The second manner of conducting them is described in the same plate. Fig. 4 represents an instrument, which is of wood. Within the crutches of the instrument, which are at each end of it, are placed the necks of two Negroes in Fig. 5, which are confined in it at the extremities XX by means of certain cords, which are in use in that part of the world. Thus confined, two at a time, others of the Negroes, who were annually brought from Bambarra to Galam are said to have travelled." (p. 36)
Is part of Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846. Letters on the slave trade. London: Printed and sold by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, 1791.
Notes Plate in Thomas Clarkson's Letters on the Slave Trade, and the State of the Natives in those Parts of Africa, which are Contiguous to St. Louis and Goree (London: Printed and sold by James Phillips, Geroge Yard, Lombard Street, 1791), p. 36.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Punishment Scenes.
Subject Slave trade -- Africa, West -- 18th century -- Pictorial works.
Slaves -- Capture & imprisonment.
Punishment devices.
Physical restraints.
Genre Woodcuts -- 1790-1800.
Book illustrations -- 1790-1800.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1791 Cla 619.Q plate II p 36
Accession number 619.Q