Committed to memory : the art of the slave ship icon / Cheryl Finley.
Committed to memory : the art of the slave ship icon / Cheryl Finley.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
GQ 2020/0215
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 306 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2018]
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- African diaspora
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Summary
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 handbills and broadsides, the image Cheryl Finley has t...
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Committed to memory : the art of the slave ship icon / Cheryl Finley.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-294) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
GQ 2020/0215
Record Identifier
74VKaDrL55LX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDrL55LX
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ISBN
9780691136844
DDC
709.04
MMS ID
991024298617902626
