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David Robinson

Slave Raiding

Slave Raiding
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Another engraving from the French traveler Durand at the beginning of the 19th century. Moors and other slave-raiders used violent means - including the horses, swords and arson showed here - to secure a slave labor force to do things like harvesting the gum of the last image. This engraving contains the following caption, "Les Maures poursuivant les Nègres pour les faires Esclaves."

(1802)
Slave Raiding
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Contributing Institutions: David Robinson; MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University
Description: Another engraving from the French traveler Durand at the beginning of the 19th century. Moors and other slave-raiders used violent means - including the horses, swords and arson showed here - to secure a slave labor force to do things like harvesting the gum of the last image. This engraving contains the following caption, "Les Maures poursuivant les Nègres pour les faires Esclaves."
Date: 1802
Date Range: 1800-1809
Location: Senegal River valley, Senegal
Format: Image/jpeg
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Digitizer: MATRIX
Source: J.B.L. Durand, Un Voyage au Senegal, 2 volumes, Paris 1802. Planche I.