Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, late 18th cent.
Caption: Stabbed One of the Negroes. Included in a lengthy chapter on the slave trade, this scene illustrates a description given by a surgeon on board a British slaving vessel, the Delight; the surgeon, a Mr. Boulton, describes a revolt that broke out on board the ship in 1769 (pp. 432-34). Although this illustration is sometimes reproduced in secondary sources on slavery which erroneously give the impression it is based on an eye-witness drawing, the illustration is the late nineteenth century artist's imaginative rendering of the revolt and is a complete fabrication.
Image Title
Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, late 18th cent.
RegID
SI-OB-782
Title
Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, late 18th cent.
Source
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, ed., The Story of the Sea (London, 1895-96), vol. 2, p. 433
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)
Spatial Coverage
Atlantic
Reproduced In
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, ed., The Story of the Sea (London, 1895-96), vol. 2, p. 433
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
13-Nov-13
Identifier
mariners11