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Slave Trade, after a painting by George Morland (English, 1763-1804)

1791

African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Illustrates a poem about a woman and her child being torn from the arms of her helpless husband and sold on the coast.

Catalog date
1791
Recorded subjects
African American; Africa; Art; Slavery; Trans-Atlantic slave trade; Violence

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Catalog reference: 2010.8.2

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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