Committed to memory : the art of the slave ship icon / Cheryl Finley.

One of the most iconic images of slavery is a schematic wood engraving depicting the human cargo hold of a slave ship. First published by British abolitionists in 1788, it exposed this widespread commercial practice for what it really was - shocking, immoral, barbaric, unimaginable. Printed as handb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Finley, Cheryl (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Brookes (Ship) > In art. Brookes (Ship) Slave trade in art. Metaphor in art. History in art. Art, Modern > Themes, motives. 20.19 art and society: other. African diaspora Art.
Genre:	In art. Art.
Physical Description:	xi, 306 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Format:	Book

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