French Slave Ship, Vigilante, 1823
A large fold out plan of the Vigilante showing cross sections of decks with enslaved captives, irons used, etc. The pamphlet containing this illustration gives background to the ship; also the features shown on the engraving are identified in a table. The male compartment (chambre) of the Vigilante contained 227 persons; 120 were in the female compartment. See image E012 for more details on this illustration. This pamphlet was published in English as Case of the Vigilante: a ship employed in the slave-trade (London,1826).
Image Title
French Slave Ship, Vigilante, 1823
RegID
SI-OB-773
Date
1823
Title
French Slave Ship, Vigilante, 1823
Source
Affaire de la Vigilante, batiment négrier de Nantes (Paris, 1823), following p. 8 (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)
Language
French
Item sets
Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)
Spatial Coverage
Atlantic
Reproduced In
Affaire de la Vigilante, batiment négrier de Nantes (Paris, 1823), following p. 8
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
JCB_01198-1