Horrors of the Slave Trade revealed in photographs.
Thursday July 31, 2003
A BBC News World Edition report has announced the launch of a new online resource documenting the history of immigration into the United Kingdom. Amongst its resources are photographs from the 1860s which record the illegal trans-Atlantic slave trade...
The site, Moving Here, has two photographs, some of the earliest photographic records of the trans-Atlantic slave trade:
In 1869 a British Royal Navy ship intercepted a slaver destined for the Americas. The first photograph, entitled A Terrible Journey, shows emaciated African men and boys rescued from the slave ship.
The second photograph, entitled the slave trade, shows the multitude of slaves carried by the slaver.
There is also a poster from the 'great slave rebellion' of 1831-5, Jamaica, which calls for Rebellious Slaves to give themselves up to the [British] King's justice.
The photographs (and their descriptions) presented on the Moving Here site, whilst still under copyright of the British National Archive, are available for download in PDF format.
The site, Moving Here, has two photographs, some of the earliest photographic records of the trans-Atlantic slave trade:
In 1869 a British Royal Navy ship intercepted a slaver destined for the Americas. The first photograph, entitled A Terrible Journey, shows emaciated African men and boys rescued from the slave ship.
The second photograph, entitled the slave trade, shows the multitude of slaves carried by the slaver.
There is also a poster from the 'great slave rebellion' of 1831-5, Jamaica, which calls for Rebellious Slaves to give themselves up to the [British] King's justice.
The photographs (and their descriptions) presented on the Moving Here site, whilst still under copyright of the British National Archive, are available for download in PDF format.
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