Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel, East Africa, 1884
Caption: The African Slave-Trade - Slaves Taken from a Dhow Captured by H.M.S. 'Undine' . The brief article accompanying this illustration of Africans rescued by the British navy notes that the engraving is from a photograph of some slaves captured by H.M.S. Undine in July last. They had been kidnapped 200 miles south of Madagascar, brought down to the coast . . . In all there were 120 of them; and, as the slave dhow was only 63 tons, they had to be packed like sardinesö. (p. 546). Although from East Africa, this scene is evocative of the Atlantic slave trade.
Image Title
Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel, East Africa, 1884
RegID
SI-OB-780
Date
1884
Title
Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel, East Africa, 1884
Source
The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (London), vol. 29 (1884), p. 548
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)
Spatial Coverage
Indian Ocean
Reproduced In
The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (London), vol. 29 (1884), p. 548
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
13-Nov-13
Identifier
mariners13