Slave raid on the coastal village of Ben, Senegal
Slave raid on a coastal village in Senegal, 18th century. Slatees with whips and sticks enslaving men, women and children in the village of Ben, Kingdom of Cayor or Kayor. Copied from Villeneuve's l'Afrique, 1814. Handcoloured stipple 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
13135810
Media ID
45942984
Size
6390px x 5296px
(7.0MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneu
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Bour Description Enslaved Frederic Geoffroy Huts Manners Moors Sahara Senegal Senegambia Shoberl Sine Stipple Traders Villeneuve Wolof
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