Captive Passage - Departure
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Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas

Captive Passage
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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Hunted Slaves, circa 1860
Two runaway slaves confronted by vicious dogs in a swamp are the subject of this powerful painting. The work was presented in 1861 at the Royal Academy in London. Richard Ansdell, artist
Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside (Merseyside Maritime Museum)

Hunted Slaves

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