<I>The Portuguese slaver Diligenté captured by H.M. Sloop Pearl with 600 slaves on board, taken in charge to Nassau</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 1838
name: label: Created by
content: Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hawker, English, 1816 - 1889
notes: label: Caption
content: The slave ship Diligente was engaged in the illegal slave trade when it was seized in 1838. A lieutenant in the British Royal Navy painted this scene from the ship. He captured the trauma of the Middle Passage in images of malnutrition and overcrowding.
label: Caption
content: Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
label: Description
content: A watercolor painting of a slave ship showing five crew members with multiple enslaved persons crowded on the weather deck. A Portuguese flag flies from the ship and the sketched outline of another ship is visible in the background.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Portugal, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.21.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: watercolors
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: watercolor on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (28.9 x 43.5 cm)