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Slaves taken from an Arab dhow [graphic].
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Title
Slaves taken from an Arab dhow [graphic].
Publisher
[London: s.n]
Publisher
ENGLAND. London. 1888
Date
[1888]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving; image 10 x 16 cm. (4 x 6.25 in)
Description
Set below the deck of an Arab coasting vessel in Zanzibar, the illustration shows a group of scantily dressed, emaciated male slaves. An accompanying quote from Edward Steere contextualizes the image. Steere wrote, "I hope one may never see again such sights as one used to see almost daily when we first landed in Zanzibar -- the miserable remains of the great slave caravans from the interior, brought by sea to Zanzibar, packed so closely that they could scarcely move, and allowed nothing of food on the voyage but a few handfuls of raw rice passed round to be nibbled at. It is said, sometimes, that our efforts to stop the slave traffic have increased the sufferings of the slaves during their transit, but it was simply impossible to increase the misery of this open and unrestrained traffic between Kilwa and Zanzibar. Even as it was, the least delay caused a large proportion of deaths, and the parties of slaves that were led from the custom-house to their owners' houses presented every form of emaciation and disease, till it seemed impossible that they could support themselves, if only for a few minutes longer." (p. 77-78)
Is part of
Heanley, Robert Marshall. Memoir of Edward Steere. London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1888.
Notes
Plate in Robert Marshall Heanley's A Memoir of Edward Steere, D.D., LL.D.: Third Missionary Bishop in Central Africa (London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1888), p. 78.
Artist's imprint illegible.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from the Slave Trade.
Subject
Slave trade -- Zanzibar -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Capture & imprisonment.
Slaves -- Punishment & torture.
Genre
Engravings -- 1880-1890.
Book illustrations -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri Hean 52606.D p 78
Accession number
52606.D
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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