Custom House Negroes
This image shows a group of enslaved men pulling a wagon load of unidentified goods in front of the customs house in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. James Henderson (c. 1783-1848) was a British traveler who traveled all through Brazil between 1819 and 1820. He made all of his sketches from his observations.
Image Title
Custom House Negroes
RegID
SI-OB-240
Date
1821
Title
Custom House Negroes
Source
James Henderson, A History of the Brazil. . . (London, 1821), facing p. 11. Copy in The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Language
English
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro
Reproduced In
James Henderson, A History of the Brazil. . . (London, 1821), facing p. 11.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
HENDERSON1