<I>Niles' Weekly Register, Third Series No. 3 Vol. IX</I>
date: label: Date
content: September 15, 1827
name: label: Published by
content: Hezekiah Niles, 1777 - 1839
label: Subject of
content: Weekly Register, 1811 - 1848
notes: label: Description
content: Issue No. 3 Vol. IX of Niles' Weekly Register, Third series published in Baltimore, Maryland. Page 42 contains an account titled [THE HORRIBLE TRADE. Communication from a naval officer of rank, emplyed on the coast of Africa" about a slave ship.] The account describes the capture of the Brazilian brig Creole and its cargo of 309 enslaved Africans off the coast of West Africa. The author, unnamed, rails against the conditions of those enslaved persons on board and the Portuguese who are paid to suppress the slave trade and then do little to actually supress it.
place: label: Place printed
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Illegal slave trade
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Portuguese colonialism
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.236
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 5/8 × 6 1/16 in. (24.4 × 15.4 cm)