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Title Chaine d'esclaves venant de l'interieur [Senegal] [graphic].
Title Chain of slaves leaving the interior [of Senegal]
Publisher [Paris: s.n]
Publisher FRANCE. Paris. 1814
Date [1814]
Physical Description 1 print: woodcut; image 7 x 10 cm. (2.5 x 4 in)
Description Having been captured in the country's interior, six Senegalese slaves are led by two European slave-traders who carry swords and long spears. The slaves march in a line; each wears a collar that is attached to a long pole that rests on their shoulders and extends down the line.
Is part of Villeneuve, René Geoffroy de (R.G.V.), 1767-1831. L'Afrique, ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des africains. Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814.
Notes Illustration in René Geoffroy de Villeneuve's L'Afrique, ou Histoire, meours, usages et coutumes des africains: Le Sénégal (Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814), vol. 4, p. 41.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from the Slave Trade.
Subject Slave trade -- Senegal -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Capture & imprisonment -- Senegal.
Genre Woodcuts -- 1810-1820.
Book illustrations -- 1810-1820.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri R.G.V. 65954.D v 4 p 40
Accession number 65954.D