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Section of a slave ship [graphic].
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Title
Section of a slave ship [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia: s.n]
Publisher
MA. Boston. 1838
Date
[1838]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; overall 14 x 24 cm. (5.25 x 9.25 in)
Description
Plate includes three diagrams of a slave-ship. Top diagram is a cross-section of the ship's hold, viewed from the side. The small, shallow space in which slaves were transported lies between the deck and the main body of the hold. Diagram at the left is a detail of this space with its dimensions. (It was 3 feet, 5 inches in height.) Detail illustrates the manner in which slaves were packed into the ship, one next to another, with barely enough room to sit upright. Bottom diagram is an aerial view of the ship's deck with its dimensions.
Is part of
Carey, Matthew, 1760-1839. Letters on the colonization society. Philadelphia: E.G. Dorsey, printer, 1838.
Notes
Plate at the front of Matthew Carey's Letters on the Colonization Society: And on its Probable Results; under the Following Heads . . . Addressed to the Hon. C.F. Mercer (Philadelphia: E.G. Dorsey, printer [May 30, 1838]).
The caption below the image reads: "From Walsh's Notes of Brazil."
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from the Slave Trade
Subject
Slave ships.
Slave trade.
Genre
Engravings -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1838 Car 75256.O plate I
Accession number
75256.O
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Fels African Americana Image Project
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