The English sportsman sits in a chair with his feet supported on a stool, gun in hand. He wears a hat with an enormous brim. A negro servant stands behind him (right) holding up an umbrella and a branch to beat off flies. A negro boy approaches his ma...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1, 1807 by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
West Indies, British. and West Indies, British
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Race relations, Alcoholic beverages, Game bird hunting, Leisure, Enslaved persons, and Umbrellas
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 71 poems by various 18th-century authors, primarily on meditative or melancholy subjects. Such poems include On the death of a beloved father; Monody on the death of a lady who died in childbed; Elegy ...
Death, Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, English wit and humor, Orientalism in literature, Slavery, Verse satire, English, Women authors, and Social life and customs
Manuscript fair copy, of dated entries recounting the departure from Liverpool, the shipwreck on the Barbary Coast, the crew's enslavement in northern Africa, and their return to Dartmouth. Many entries concern the work done, foods, illnesses and inju...
A black rebel holds a musket in his right hand as he turns to his left looking up apprehensively. Around his waist is a bandolier with a pouch and a hatchet. At his feet is the skull of a human head. Behind him on the right in the distance are two bl...
Alternative Title:
Rebel negro armed and on his guard
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st 1794 by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Suriname. and Guiana.
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Enslaved persons, Indians of South America, Rebels, and Rifles
Two individually titled images. On the top a Black judge wearing the robes of his office sits on a bench as he shakes hands with the Duke of Wellington. In the image below a magician twirls a wand over the heads of John Bull with the word "Taxation" ...
Description:
Titles from text below images.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Law and legislation, Taxation, Magicians, and Ethnic stereotypes
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
Augt. 1, 1778.
Call Number:
778.08.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene before an American fort and palisade, perhaps depicting the indifference of Congress to the sufferings of American soldiers and the pro-slavery attitude of the Americans. A black man lies wounded in the foreground, surrounded by cannon balls. ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Colonies, History, Forts & fortifications, and Blacks
