ILLUSTRATIONS

Bartering for Slaves on the Guinea Coast Frontispiece

From a colored lithograph in the Macpherson Collection.

Cape Coast Castle, the Principal English Settlement on the Gold Coast 2

From a colored aquatint by J. Hill, published in 1806, in the Macpherson Collection.

The Guinea Coast about the Year 1700 6

From the map in Churchill’s Collection of Voyages, engraved by R. W. Seale.

Christiansborg, the Danish Settlement on the Gold Coast 10

From the engraving by J. Hill, published in 1806, in the Macpherson Collection.

Elmina, on the Gold Coast, near Cape Coast Castle 16

From a colored aquatint, published about 1830, in the Macpherson Collection.

Map of the Coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to the Cape of Good Hope 20

From an original by Arnoldus F. a Langren, engraved in 1599, in the Macpherson Collection.

Dutch Ships Trading on the Guinea Coast. From De Bry’s “Voyages,” 1601 26

(A) Ship. (B) Negro merchants. (C) How goods are passed from the canoes to the shore. (D) Where the merchants have to pay a tax to the chief. (E) Canoe being carried up the beach.

Prospect of the Custom House, London, in 1714, with Shipping of the Period 32

From an engraving by John Harris, in the Macpherson Collection.

Negro Slaves from Loango, Africa 46

From an engraving in Stedman’s Narrative of an Expedition to Surinam, London, 1796.

The Dutch Castle Cormantine, near Anamaboe on the Gold Coast 54

From an engraving in Ogilby’s Africa, London, 1670.

x(A) Hand-Cuffs for Slaves. (B) Leg Shackles. (C-E) Thumb Screws. (F-H) “Speculum Oris,” to Open Closed Jaws 66

From Clarkson’s Abolition of the Slave Trade, London, 1808.

Negroes Being Carried out to a Slave Ship; and Castle on the Gold Coast 74

From an engraving in Churchill’s Collection of Voyages, London, 1756.

The Ceremony of “Crossing the Line” 86

From an engraving in Drake’s Collection of Voyages, London, 1771.

View of Liverpool, England, from the Fort, in 1798 92

From a colored aquatint by John T. Serres, in the Macpherson Collection.

View of Clarence Cove, Island of Fernando Po 100

Colored aquatint, after a painting by W. J. Huggins, in 1833, in the Macpherson Collection.

Georgetown, Demerara, Showing the British Bark “Caesar” Entering the Harbor, September, 1839 108

From a colored aquatint, after a painting by W. J. Huggins, in the Macpherson Collection.

Group of Negroes just Landed to be Sold for Slaves 118

From an engraving in Stedman’s Narrative of an Expedition to Surinam, London, 1796.

Section Showing Method of Stowing Slaves, in 1786, on the Ship “Brookes” of Liverpool 126

From Clarkson’s Abolition of the Slave Trade, London, 1808.

Carrying Slaves to a Portuguese Slave Brig Lying in Bonny River 134

From a drawing by T. F. Birch, made in January, 1837, in the Macpherson Collection.

A View of Charleston, South Carolina 144

From a line engraving after a painting by T. Mellish, published about 1750, by John Bowles, London, in the Macpherson Collection.

The Voyage of the Sable Venus, from Angola to the West Indies 152

From a painting by T. Stothard, engraved for Edward’s History of the West Indies, London, 1818.

xiMethod of Stowing Slaves on the French Brig “Vigilanti” of Nantes 158

Captured in the River Bonny, April 15, 1822.

Section and Deck Plan of the French Brig “Vigilanti,” of Nantes, Captured in the River Bonny, April 15, 1822 168

View of the Town and Harbor of Liverpool, England 182

From a colored aquatint by W. J. Bennett, engraved in 1811, in the Macpherson Collection.

View of the City and Harbor of Rio de Janeiro 192

From a colored lithograph published by Lemercier, Paris, in the Macpherson Collection.

Slave Hunters Attacking a Negro Town 198

From a wood engraving in Canot’s Twenty Years of an African Slaver.

Branding a Negress at the Rio Pongo 204

From a wood engraving in Canot’s Twenty Years of an African Slaver.

A Dutch Planter in Surinam in his Morning Dress 208

From an engraving in Stedman’s Narrative of an Expedition to Surinam, London, 1796.

Capture of the Slaver “Henna,” Oct. 26, 1843, off Mercury Island, S. W. Coast of Africa, by H.M. Schooner “Ariel” 212

From a water color in the Macpherson Collection.

View of the Town of the Foulah Tribe of Negroes 218

From an engraving by Basire in Astley’s Collection of Voyages, London, 1745.

Capture of the Slaver “Borboleta,” May 26, 1845, by the Boats of H.M. Brig “Pantaloon,” after a Two Days’ Chase off Lagos, West Africa 226

From a colored lithograph, after a drawing by H. John Vernon, in the Macpherson Collection.

Capture of the Spanish Slaver “Formidable,” Dec. 7, 1834, off Sierra Leone, by H.M. Brig “Buzzard” 230

From a colored aquatint, after the painting by W. J. Huggins, in the Macpherson Collection.

xiiFemale Samboe Slave Given Two Hundred Lashes 234

From an engraving in Stedman’s Narrative of an Expedition to Surinam, London, 1796.

View of Charleston, South Carolina 240

From a colored aquatint, published in 1841, after a painting by William J. Bennett, in the Macpherson Collection.

British Prize Brigantine “Netuna,” Beating off the Spanish Slaver “Caroline,” Mar. 20, 1826, in the Bight of Benin 246

The Netuna carried 1 gun and 5 men; the Caroline, 10 guns and 90 men.

From a colored aquatint, after the painting by W. Joy, in the Macpherson Collection.

A Slaver Driven Ashore on the Brazilian Coast by H.M. Brig “Frolic” 250

From a colored lithograph by H. John Vernon, published about 1840, in the Macpherson Collection.

Capture of the American Slaver “Mary Adeline,” off the Congo, in 1852, by H.M. Brigantine “Dolphin” 260

From a colored lithograph by H. John Vernon, in the Macpherson Collection.

Capture of American Slaver “Orion,” Nov. 30, 1859, with 888 Slaves, by H.M. Sloop-of-War “Pluto” 264

From a water color by J. Taylor (1876) in the Macpherson Collection.

Capture of American Slave Ship “Martha,” June 6, 1850, off Ambriz, by U.S. Brig “Perry” 270

From a lithograph in Foote, Africa and the American Flag, New York, 1854.

“Nightingale,” 1060 Tons, Built at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1851 276

From a lithograph by N. Currier, after the drawing by C. Parsons made in 1854.

Chase of the Slaver “Gabriel,” July 6, 1841, by H.M. Brig “Acorn” 282

From a colored lithograph, after a drawing by N. M. Condy, in the Macpherson Collection.

Capture of Spanish Slaver “Dolores,” Apr. 4, 1816, off the Congo, by H.M. Brig “Ferret” 288

From a colored lithograph, after the painting by W. J. Huggins, in the Macpherson Collection.

xiiiThe Capture of the Slaver “Bolodora” by H.M. Schooner “Pickle,” June 6, 1824 296

From the colored aquatint, after the painting by W. J. Huggins, in the Macpherson Collection.

Capture of the Slaver “El Almirante,” Feb. 1, 1829, in the Bight of Benin, by H.M. Brig “Black Joke” 304

From a colored aquatint, after the painting by W. J. Huggins, in the Macpherson Collection.

The Slaver “L’Antonio,” with Other Black Craft, Lying in Bonny River 312

From a colored lithograph published in London, in 1841, in the Macpherson Collection.

View of New Orleans, Louisiana, from Above the Middle Ferry 320

From a colored aquatint, published in 1841, after a painting by William J. Bennett, in the Macpherson Collection.

A View of Freetown, Sierra Leone 326

From a colored aquatint, published Sept. 14, 1837, after the painting by W. J. Huggins, in the Macpherson Collection.

Capture of the Spanish Slaver “Midas,” June 27, 1829, on the Great Bahama Bank, by H.M. Schooner “Monkey” 332

From the colored aquatint, after the painting by W. J. Huggins, in the Macpherson Collection.

The Harbor of Havana, Cuba 338

From a drawing by J. W. Hill, made about 1850.

The Guinea Coast About the Year 1860 342

From Black’s Atlas of the World, Edinburgh, 1867.

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