(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Slave ship diagram 5B5 12 x 16 12 inc

Sale 2137 - Lot 65

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FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE NOTORIOUS SLAVE SHIP DIAGRAM (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Slave ship diagram [5 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches] in The American Museum for May, 1789. pp [429],430-523,[524], uncut, slight closed tear in p. 431 with no loss. Philadelphia, 1789

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Prints for the first time the diagram of a slave ship, showing its human cargo, stacked in the hold like so much cordwood. This image shocked the public on both sides of the Atlantic.