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Slave trade

Daniel Berger · 1775 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A slave trader sells an enslaved African man to a European man. The buyer holds a bag of money in his hand. In the background, more enslaved men board a ship. The men and women are shackled around the neck with a hook. Numbered 10 in the upper right corner.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print boekillustratie slave-trade Africans slavery Afrika

Credit lineSlavenhandel. 1775. Daniel Berger. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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