African Slave Trafic
This engraving shows European and African slave traders at an unknown location, likely in Africa. According to the accompanying text, "European on left examining an African; on right, African traders looking at European trade goods, and European in background with whip herding purchased Africans toward slave ship. . . Illustrates the process of slaving after Africans were captured; after examining the captives, they were chained and stowed" (see pp. 113, 127). The image was apparently not based on an eye-witness, but was fabricated by the artist. This illustration was probably derived from an earlier, unidentified, source; or it is a composite of other images. see, for example, image canot-2 on this website.
Image Title
African Slave Trafic
RegID
SI-OB-980
Date
1900s
Title
African Slave Trafic
Source
William O. Blake, The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade (Columbus, Ohio, 1857), p. 112; also found in later editions
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
Africa
Reproduced In
William O. Blake, The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade (Columbus, Ohio, 1857), p. 112
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
10-Feb-17
Identifier
Blake2