Death of Capt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad
Description
This image shows enslaved Africans revolting on the top deck of a slave ship. The lengthy commentary underneath gives details on the Amistad revolt.
Source
John W. Barber, A History of the Amistad Captives (New Haven, Conn., 1840). (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-52577)
Date Created
1839
Language
English
Rights
Image is in the public domain. Metadata is available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
Identifier
E005
Temporal Coverage
North America--Connecticut
Citation
"Death of Capt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed February 18, 2020, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/2546
