Plan of an African Ship's lower Desk
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Title
Plan of an African Ship's lower Desk
Subject
Slave trade
Description
This diagram of the slave ship “Brooks,” first published in 1788, became the most widely known and influential image used by abolitionist campaigners. It was redrawn and republished many times in Britain and America in the decades that followed. It helped viewers visualize the cruelty of the enslavement of Africans for labor in the New World and the horrific conditions of the Middle Passage. The Brooks was an actual ship that sailed regularly out of Liverpool.
Source
Engraving published in American Museum, May 1789
Date
1789
Rights
cc by-sa
Format
Engraving
Identifier
13_0953_001 slave ship 1789,jpg
Citation
“Plan of an African Ship's lower Desk,” To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade, accessed April 16, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/360.