Slave Market, Zanzibar, 1864
This engraving was made from a drawing based on a photograph; it is one of several scenes showing aspects of East African slavery and accompanies an article (pp. 239,242), based on eyewitness reports, describing the slave trade in East Africa. The original photograph, dated 1864, is in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris) and can be viewed on-line at gallica.bnf.fr (thanks to Claude Picard for this information).
Image Title
Slave Market, Zanzibar, 1864
RegID
SI-OB-716
Date
1864
Title
Slave Market, Zanzibar, 1864
Source
Le Monde Illustrè (Paris),Vol. 41 (1877), p. 41
Language
French
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
Africa--East Coast--Zanzibar
Reproduced In
Le Monde Illustrè (Paris),Vol. 41 (1877), p. 41
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
monde4