Suma

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2013315

Description

Title
Suma
Contributor
Amistad (Schooner)
Abstract

Head and shoulders portraits, some in profile, of the Amistad captives, Africans who were enslaved despite the abolishment of slavery throughout the Spanish dominions in 1820, revolted from their Cuban masters on board ship and ended up off the northern s

Extent
1 drawing
approx. 18.7 x 14.6 cm.
pencil
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
GEN MSS 335
Collection Title
Sketches of the Amistad captives
Collection / Other Creator
Townsend, William H., 1822-1851
Collection Date
[ca. 1839-1840]
Container / Volume
Box 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Drawings
Illustrations
Subject (Name)
Amistad (Schooner)
Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements --United States
Slave insurrections --United States

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4175676
Object ID (OID)
2013315

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