Slave Market, Muscat (Oman), 1840s
Captioned Slave market in Mascate (Masqat or Muscat, today the capital of Oman), shows Arab traders and onlookers with captured black Africans. This illustration accompanies a lengthy eyewitness account by Loarer (no first name given) on slavery on the east coast of Africa (pp. 135-138).
Image Title
Slave Market, Muscat (Oman), 1840s
RegID
SI-OB-1184
Date
1840-1850
Title
Slave Market, Muscat (Oman), 1840s
Source
L'Illustration (Paris), Vol. 14, 1849, p. 137
Language
French
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
Arabian Peninsula--Oman--Muscat
Reproduced In
L'Illustration (Paris), Vol. 14, 1849, p. 137
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
illustration137b