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Wreck of the slave ship [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2787
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Title
Wreck of the slave ship [graphic].
Publisher
[London: s.n]
Publisher
ENGLAND. London. 1852
Date
[1852]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 9 x 15 cm. (3.5 x 5.75 in)
Description
According to Hildreth's narrative, the plate shows a domestic slave ship that was caught in a storm while travelling down the Atlantic coast to Charleston. After the captain and crew fled in a jolly-boat, the slaves worked the pumps in the hopes of saving themselves. They were eventually rescued and brought to a jail in Norfolk, Virginia.
Is part of
Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865. White slave. London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 227 Strand, MDCCCLII, 1852.
Notes
Illustration in Richard Hildreth's The White Slave: or, Memoirs of a Fugitive (London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 227 Strand, MDCCCLII, 1852), p. 80.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Images from the Slave Trade.
Subject
Slavery -- United States -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- United States.
Slave ships -- United States.
Shipwrecks -- United States.
Genre
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1852 Hildr 70799.O p 80
Accession number
70799.O
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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