Committed to memory: the art of the slave ship icon
Auteur :
Finley, Cheryl
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691241067
Date de publication :
20 sept. 2022
Dimensions :
26,7 x 19,1 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
How an eighteenth-century engraving of a slave ship became a cultural icon of black resistance, identity, and remembranceOne 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