Transatlantic slave trade: The Portuguese slave ship Diligenté captured with 600 slaves on board, painting by Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hawker, 1838

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Portuguese slave ship caught illegally transporting slaves captured by the British Royal Navy (HMS Pearl) in the mid-Atlantic. This painting was made by Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hawker, one of the British Naval officers to show conditions on board

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Size: 10000px × 6637px
Photo credit: © ICP / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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