L'embarquement des Negres (The Embarkment of Blacks)
This eighteenth-century French engraving depicts captive Africans being whipped and herded onto waiting slave ships in the background. The willing accomplices in eighteenth-century slave trade were often fellow Africans, especially those living in the coastal kingdoms of West Africa, many of which were enriched by the capture and selling of slaves.
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Source | "L'embarquement des Negres (The Embarkment of Blacks)," hand-colored engraving, Musee de la Compagnie des Indes, L'orient Citadelle de Port-Louis, France, 18th century, from "Captive Africans on the Coast, 18th Century," The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas, http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/details.php?categorynum=3&categoryName=&theRecord=13&recordCount=40.
Creator | Unknown
Rights | The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas
Item Type | Poster/Print
Cite This document | Unknown, “L'embarquement des Negres (The Embarkment of Blacks),” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed September 28, 2023, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1185.
Creator | Unknown
Rights | The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas
Item Type | Poster/Print
Cite This document | Unknown, “L'embarquement des Negres (The Embarkment of Blacks),” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed September 28, 2023, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1185.
