Section of a Slave Ship
Date1830
Mediumetching on cream wove paper
Dimensionssheet, trimmed within platemark: 11 × 15.8 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCharles E. Goodspeed Collection
Terms
Object number1910.48.2401
Label TextIf personal space represents stability and freedom, restricting one’s freedom of movement in a jail cell or police van symbolizes a removal of one’s rights and personal freedoms. This act of confinement has also been applied as a device for acquiring power. In Section of a Slave Ship, captives are restrained not as punishment for wrongdoing, but as a means to keep slavers in control. The disregard for human right and personal freedom is apparent in the diagram showing how slaves were efficiently and mercilessly crammed into the ship’s bowels.On View
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