Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, Senegal
Two armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s. A chain of slaves travelling from the interior. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve's l'Afrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821
Picture No
13135798
Media ID
45784918
Size
6309px x 3452px
(4.9MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneu
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Coffle Description Enslaved Frederic Geoffroy Loom Manners Moors Negre Sahara Senegal Senegambia Shade Shoberl Stipple Villeneuve Warp Weaving
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