Published by
Gales & Seaton, American
Subject of
National Intelligencer, 1800 - 1870
Date
June 18, 1838
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W: 21 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (54 × 47.6 cm)
Description
Issue of Daily National Inelligencer, Vol. XXVI No. 7908, published June 18, 1838. On front page, third column at center is a small article titled [Capture of Slavers on the Coast of Africa] describing the work of the British brigantine Buzzard. During a nearly four year deployment, the ship captured 13 Spanish and Portuguese ships carrying a total of 4,483 enslaved Africans.
Place printed
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
West Africa, Africa
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Books and Published Materials
Type
newspapers
Topic
Illegal slave trade
Local and regional
Mass media
Portuguese colonialism
Slavery
Spanish colonialism
Trans Atlantic slave trade
U.S. History, 1815-1861
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
Object number
2014.312.232
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd556f60a8d-ba11-46d9-9203-3adab157d932

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