
Sujet
Suppression of the Slave Trade...coast of Africa:...H.M.S. Daphne capturing a slave-dhow, 1869. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Suppression of the Slave Trade on the east coast of Africa: the cutter of H.M.S. Daphne capturing a slave-dhow off Brora, 1869. 'The Arabs engaged in the slave trade, when they find escape impossible, prefer risking the lives of the slaves and wrecking their vessel to being captured by a British ship, and many lives are frequently lost in the attempt to run ashore. From the information which our officers have received from liberated Africans, it appears that the Arabs impress upon their wretched slaves the necessity of using their utmost endeavours to prevent themselves falling into the hands of the white men, who, they tell them, are little better than cannibals...Our illustration...represents the capture of a dhow by the ship's cutter'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM24A34_500
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
28,4Mo (1,9Mo) / 32,7cm x 21,7cm / 3868 x 2563 (300dpi)