Published by
Niles, Hezekiah, 1777 - 1839
Subject of
Weekly Register, 1811 - 1848
Date
September 15, 1827
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W: 9 5/8 × 6 1/16 in. (24.4 × 15.4 cm)
Description
Issue No. 3 Vol. IX of Niles' Weekly Register, Third series published in Baltimore, Maryland. Page 42 contains an account titled [THE HORRIBLE TRADE. Communication from a naval officer of rank, emplyed on the coast of Africa" about a slave ship.] The account describes the capture of the Brazilian brig Creole and its cargo of 309 enslaved Africans off the coast of West Africa. The author, unnamed, rails against the conditions of those enslaved persons on board and the Portuguese who are paid to suppress the slave trade and then do little to actually supress it.
Place printed
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
West Africa, Africa
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Books and Published Materials
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Topic
Illegal slave trade
Mass media
Portuguese 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
2014.312.236
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53b6c9241-256e-4bc5-a837-dd3868e65bd6

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