A Coffle
The title and image obtained from Tibble. His caption is "A Coffle: Captives were marched, often in yokes, from the inland areas of Africa to the coast for sale to Europeans" (p. 102). This image is also published in James Walvin, An African's Life: The Life and Times of Olaudah Equiano, 1745-1797 (Cassell, 1998, p. 11), which cites the original source as Verney Lovett Cameron, Travels in Central Africa (1873). However, there is no book by that title under Cameron's authorship. The image is also in Walvin's Black Ivory (London, 1992), but no original source is identified. This image is one of several images derived from the original engraving in David and Charles Livingstone, Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries (London, 1865). See image reference C019.
Image Title
A Coffle
RegID
SI-OB-24
Date
1800s
Title
A Coffle
Source
Published in Anthony Tibbles (ed.), Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity (London: HMSO, 1994), p.102, fig. 23; the original source is not identified.
Language
English
Item sets
Capture of Slaves & Coffles in Africa
Spatial Coverage
Africa
Reproduced In
Anthony Tibbles (ed.), Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity (London: HMSO, 1994), p.106, fig. 23
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
6-Jun-16
Identifier
C017