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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 etching print with grey tones that depicts a scene of a drowning figure's hands holding a ship up above the waves of water. The rest of the figure is unseen beneath the surface. To the right, a Black female figure struggles face down under the water. To the left are two small silhouetted figures standing on the shore, one on the left resembling a slave owner and one on the right depicting an enslaved person. The enslaved figure is presenting a cornstalk to the other. Behind the ship, clouds part to reveal a black sky. There are two handwritten inscriptions beneath the print: in the bottom left corner is the print edition, "XXI/XXV" and in the bottom right corner is the artist's signature: "KW 2010." There are no marks or inscriptions on the verso.

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