Marché d'esclaves
"Slave market" (caption translation). This engraving made from author's description. According to Chambon, the Scenes depicted "1) Negroes for sale in a public market; 2) Negro slave examined before being purchased; 3) an Englishman licking a Negro's chin to ascertain his age, and to determine from the taste of his sweat if he is sick; 4) Negro slave with the brand of slavery on his arm. Bottom: 5) slave ship lying in the harbor waiting for the trading to be completed; 6) chaloupe loaded with newly purchased slaves transporting them to the ship; 7) Negroes on shore wailing and crying at the sight of their loved ones and friends being sent away.
Image Title
Marché d'esclaves
RegID
SI-OB-771
Date
1760s
Title
Marché d'esclaves
Source
M. Chambon, Le Commerce de l'Amerique par Marseille (Avignon,1764), vol. 2, plate XI, facing p. 400. Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.
Language
French
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
Africa
Reproduced In
M.Chambon, Le Commerce de l'Amerique par Marseille (Avignon,1764), vol. 2, plate XI, facing p. 400
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
C001