Supplement to The Illustrated London News
date: label: Date
content: March 23, 1850
name: label: Published by
content: Herbert Ingram, 1811 - 1860
label: Subject of
content: The Illustrated London News, British, 1845 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: West Africa Squadron, British, 1808 - 1867
notes: label: Description
content: A free supplement to Illustrated London News No. 418 featuring an article on page 204 titled [THE SLAVE TRADE--THE AFRICAN SQUADRON.] Article reports on the motion made by British politician William Hutt withdrawing the British government from treaties that led it to deploy the West Africa Squadron. He notes that during the period of the Blockade of Africa that the number of enslaved persons taken from Africa had increased yearly while the conditions on slaving ships only worsened, and that this amounts to waste on the part of the British government. Petitions against this motion are noted at the top of the article and were lodged by Robert Inglis of the Church Missionary Society of Africa and the East, James Heald of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, Edward North Buxton, and one Mr. Moffatt from the Anti-Slavery Society of Exeter. Black ink on white paper.
place: label: Place printed
content: London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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: Slavery
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: 2014.312.233
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
label: Type
content: supplements
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: 16 × 11 in. (40.6 × 27.9 cm)