Canoes Battling the Surf, West Africa (Senegambia?), late 19th century
Caption, Brandung (Talema [or Galema]) an der Guinea (Surf [Talema] on the Guinea Coast). Although this illustration does not depict slaving activities, it shows the type of surf that canoes confronted as they transported their human cargo to the waiting slave ships. The caption also states this image was taken from the Graphic, presumably the Illustrated Weekly Newspaper published in London. But no specific reference is given (e.g., volume no., year), and the original image could not be located.
Image Title
Canoes Battling the Surf, West Africa (Senegambia?), late 19th century
RegID
SI-OB-778
Title
Canoes Battling the Surf, West Africa (Senegambia?), late 19th century
Source
Wilhelm Sievers, Afrika; eine allgemeine landeskunde (Leipzig, 1891), p. 116
Language
German
Item sets
Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)
Spatial Coverage
Atlantic
Reproduced In
Wilhelm Sievers, Afrika; eine allgemeine landeskunde (Leipzig, 1891), p. 116
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
15-Feb-16
Identifier
sievers