| Contributor |
American Anti-Slavery Society. |
| Title |
A slave-ship [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[New York: s.n] |
| Publisher |
NY. New York. 1836 |
| Date |
[1836] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: woodcut; image 5 x 6 cm. (1.75 x 2.25 in) |
| Description |
Engraving shows two slave-traders as they throw a slave overboard. Two other slaves struggle in the ocean. This woodcut is
a slightly altered version of the same scene appearing in "The Liberator," January 7, 1832. The original text notes the ship
is a Brazilian slaver. Brazil collected duty on all imported slaves, and slave ship captains tossed sickly and likely unsalable
slaves overboard before arrival to avoid paying the duty on them.
|
| Is part of |
Slave's Friend. New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836. |
| Notes |
Illustration in the Slave's Friend (New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836), vol.
1, no. X (1836), p. 14-15.
|
|
Image is accompanied by a poem, which begins as follows: "Oh! I have don a cursed deed, / The wretched man replies, / And
night and day, and every where, / 'Tis still before my eyes."
|
|
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery. |
| Subject |
Slave ships. |
|
Slave trade -- Brazil. |
|
Slaves -- Punishment & torture. |
| Genre |
Anti-slavery prints -- 1830-1840. |
|
Woodcuts -- 1830-1840. |
|
Periodical illustrations -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per S 63 54051.D v 1 n X p 14-15 |
| Accession number |
54051.D |
