- 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.




