Museum object · gelatin silver prints
Prelude to Middle Passage, Isle de Goree, Senegal
ca. 1970
Gorée, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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.
A black-and-white photograph depicting the partial silhouette of a figure in front of a partially enclosed view of the ocean. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Catalog date
- ca. 1970
- Recorded places
- Gorée, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Africa; Middle Passage; Photography; Slavery
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2013.147.3
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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