Page from a book on an unidentified book on slavery, with Britannia interrupting a slave owner punishing two enslaved people
An engraving depicting two slaves kneeling in chains. A European slave-driver has dropped his whip and in the background is a woman in classical dress. The caption reads ‘But soon as approaching the land,/ That Goddess-like Woman he view’d;/ The scourge he let fall from his hand,/ with the blood of his subjects imbrued.’
The page has been cut from a book.
The page has been cut from a book.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2584 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Special collections |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1800 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | sheet: 258 x 208 mm |